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April 21, 2012

Hold Military Accountable in Afghanistan

Andrew Bacevich, Washington Post

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For too long now, command accountability for our troops’ misconduct in wartime has been more theoretical than real. The latest scandal to erupt in Afghanistan — photographs of American soldiers amusing themselves with dismembered Taliban corpses — suggests that it’s past time to confront this problem.

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