An eye-witness report from the Watada trial
6th February 2007
Last night, Ehren Watada’s story caught my attention, and brought me back to this long neglected blog. Well, here is an update from someone who appears to be right there at the trial. I share the writer’s pessimism that Watada will likely be found guilty but also the hope that something might turn in his favor at the appeal.
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February 7th, 2007 at 5:55 am
[…] Amerikanische Kommentatoren beziehen sich bei Berichten zu dem Prozess auch ausdrücklich auf die Kriegsverbrechertribunale von Nürnberg. Dort wurde Verbrechern des deutschen Nationalsozialismus von Amerikanern vorgeworfen, sie hätten das schreckliche Unrecht erkennen müssen, dass durch die Befolgung der Befehle Hitlers angerichtet wurde und hatten von ihnen verlangt, sie hätten die Ausführung der Befehle verweigern müssen. […]
February 20th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Was wondering if your blog has been updated - and realised that I’ve not gotten your feeds! Are your feeds working? (Or is it just me?)
I share your pessimism too. No way will he be found innocent, because a soldier’s duty is to go where his superiors tell him to go, regardless of the cause or whether he believes it or not. That’s just how armies have been run for centuries, and if he is found innocent, it’ll set a precedent that the army wouldn’t want. An army is only effective if its grunts obey what the commanders say, right?
Not that I agree with this - it’s just the way things are, I guess.