Why wasn't John Kerry tried for war crimes?

Question

His own words.

"There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50-caliber machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant [William] Calley, are war criminals."

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Answer 1

A good question, honey, and he played right along with democrats and because of his felonious testimony 3,000,000 people were slaughtered when they cut and ran from Viet Nam..

map, honey, looks like you do to me.

Answer 2

Sued? the guy could desire to be shot. He did no longer get discharged till 1977 (with the Sec of the army sigining his DD214 - damaging unusual). in the previous that, he grow to be in Paris, spouting his crap to Madame Bihn, whose memoirs state that they've been waiting to provide up, waiting to compromise and negotiate an end to the conflict quite often on OUR words, till she talked to the POODLE. Then the North Vietnamese desperate to adhere with it for a sprint longer to work out if we'd finally pull out. They stored our POWS a sprint longer too. extra human beings on the two sides died - all with the aid of poodle and his treasonous acts. Why he's no longer in penitentiary or carried out by ability of now i won't fathom......

Answer 3

Mostly because of the collective decision that it would be impossible to try even a representative sample of the soldiers -- and picking 1% at random was just looking for scapegoats.

Since the people who gave the orders could not be tried, it doesn't make sense to try the people who were following those orders -- especially not tens of thousands of them.

It just wasn't practical -- which is all the more reason to ensure that we don't keep making the same mistakes.

Answer 4

The bigger question why wasn't Bush sent to the Brig for failing to report for drill?

Why wasn't 5 deferment Cheney imprisoned for falsifying official government documents pertaining to his draft eligibilty status?
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Answer 5

you would then have to go after everyone of my friends that served in nam. that was an undeclared war. it was illegal to begin with. when are you people going to wake up to the fact that the wars we are into have nothing to do with the security of this country? its big business and money. go to youtube and punch in why we fight. you might have a better understanding.

Answer 6

He goes down in history as a phony, with no credibility.
What mor punishment could he get?

Answer 7

Isn't this the same guy who said "the uneducated go to Iraq"?

Answer 8

1. Because he's an uber-Liberal
2. Because he has a veeeeerrrryyyyy rich wife.

Answer 9

for the same reason all us soldiers are not tried for war crimes. the structure of the military. i think the quote is right. High ranking officials should be held responsible.

Answer 10

There was a blanket pardon.