Granting guys immunity for testimony is a great deal...until it turns out that even after they "come forward and tell the truth" nobody gets convicted.
Then you have to ask, is this a lethal conspiracy exposed by sparing a few bit players?
Or did these guys buy their way out of jail by getting immunity in exchange for a fairy tale?
There is now only one Marine with charges pending, Sgt. Wuterich. There is one count against him: Manslaughter.
18 people killed by Marines and the one count left outstanding: 1 count of taking a human life with reckless disregard for safety.
And don't bet that stands up either.
This same thing happened with a guy named Lt. Pantano. His sgt "came forward" and lied his ass off. Pantano was acquitted.
US Marines, when shot at from a building, go in and take it. Maybe Army would handle it differently: Army would call for artillery or close air support to level the building. Either way, Americans fight.
What really burns our ass is the propaganda smear the Left used "Haditha" for. "Oohh. Haditha. Smutter smutter. You support this war, what about Haditha." "You can wave your flag and praise the troops but behind every brave young man is...Haditha". That fat slab of lard Murtha ran onto TV and said he had inside information that these Marines were all guilty of cold-blooded murder. Now one of them is gonna sue his fat can for libel. I wish they'd just kidnap him and put him on a treadmill and make him jog for ten minutes. Blow his heart up.
The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.