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Very often in our history, that task has fallen to the press. From the publication of the Pentagon papers and the Watergate probe to TIME's recent revelations about the tragedy at Haditha, our job is to speak truth to power. It is a messy process, and we have not always succeeded...
...forgive every single marine who might be guilty of any wrongdoing in Haditha. How many of us could endure the genuine fear of being blown apart day after day without going berserk? The atrocity is not Haditha; it is the war. Edward Fry Laguna Beach, California...
...investigation of the Haditha incident should also include the actions of Iraqis [June 12]. Those killed may have watched as an explosive device was planted along the road and did not give warning as the Marine convoy approached. That collusion makes them as guilty as the ones who planted the bomb. The Marine and Army grunts who deal with the complacent and devious citizens of Iraq are being held to an impossible standard. James H. Rehrig Nazareth, Pennsylvania...
...saddens me that a lot of innocent people died in Haditha. The members of Kilo Company apparently abused their power while serving there. Perhaps they were confused because they can't distinguish friend from foe. It's as though the My Lai massacre had happened again, albeit on a smaller scale. One thing is sure: history does repeat itself. Jane Carla Yu Quezon City, the Philippines...
...Your story refers to the Haditha incident as "an alleged atrocity committed by a small group of Marines that promises to haunt the hearts and minds of liberator and liberated alike." Liberated? From what? From living under a dictatorship, but in relative peace, to living under foreign occupation, in fear, poverty, civil war and terror? Under blatantly false and illegal pretenses, the U.S. invaded a country that had not attacked it or its allies. About 40,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed, not to mention untold thousands of Iraqi conscript soldiers; the Americans are too arrogant to even keep count...