Okay. I can understand the bureaucracy, and being sticklers for rules. I get that. But what really makes me foam at the mouth is this:
"Sarwar Jan, he was a threat to not only the Afghans but our own Marines," Brezler says.
The chief was maybe linked to the Taliban. He was also alleged to be a pedophile who preyed on local boys — something alarmingly common among Afghan warlords.
Recently there's been a debate about whether U.S. forces should tolerate Afghan allies who keep kids at their barracks. Back in 2010, there was no policy. Brezler couldn't fire Sarwar Jan, but he could kick him off the base.
"We put Sarwar Jan on the next helicopter. And, once he left, we could have probably had a parade the next day through the bazaar. The Afghans were absolutely elated," he says.
See also this:
http://www.stripes.com/news/martland-ac ... s-1.397581
It took them this freaking long to consider acting against child rapists, right on their own goddamn bases?!
I know that "the greater good" is a thing, but there really have to be some limits.
