Opinion Forum

Further Thoughts on Koran Burning in Afghanistan

March 2nd, 2012

By Dan Miller There have been a few developments and some of them are good. In this article, I wrote about recent Koran burnings and the military justice implications. Little if any reliable further information emerged until today: PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan — Military investigators have concluded that five soldiers were involved in the incineration of a […]

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Tags: Afghanistan, burning, Islam, Koran, Muslims, punishment, Quran, soldiers
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Should Politics and Foreign Policy Affect Our Military Justice System?

January 16th, 2012

By Dan Miller The military justice system demands justice for our troops, not revenge upon them to curry favor with others. The video of U.S. Marines who apparently urinated on Taliban corpses has gone viral and not only the Islamic world is watching.

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Tags: foreign policy, justice, Marines, punishment, Taliban, trial, UCMJ, urinate
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How Sincere Was the Grief Shown at the Death of Kim Jong-il?

January 11th, 2012

By Dan Miller Some of it probably came not from the heart.

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Tags: bears, birds, death, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, mourning, punishment, satire
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The Leaked Cables: Not the End of the World

December 5th, 2010

By Tom Carter Like many others, I’ve spent a lot of time lately reading the State Department cables made available through Wikileaks. The military files released earlier were at least potentially damaging, but the State Department cables are a different matter. My impressions are that I haven’t seen much “hot” news in the cables. Nevertheless, […]

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Tags: Assange, classified, damage, information, Manning, punishment, Wikileaks
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A Husband’s Punishment

August 29th, 2009

William Taylor of Centreville, VA was caught cheating on his wife. Seems he left the evidence on his cell phone. Big mistake! His wife’s punishment was to make him stand on a busy street corner during rush hour for a week with a sign hung around his neck confessing his sin. I wonder what his other […]

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Tags: infidelity, punishment, superglue
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