A Spanish Inquisition
The government of Spain continues to persecute three American soldiers whom it blames for the accidental death of a Spanish journalist at the Hotel Palestine in Baghdad. A Spanish court has now issued a "search and capture" warrant against the three Americans, with a view toward trying them for murder. Blog of the Week Jules Crittenden has the story, with an added twist: Crittenden was there.
I was a witness to the events leading up the Hotel Palestine incident, and consider Gibson, Wolford and deCamp to be friends and honorable soldiers. Jimenez’s organization, in a report titled “Two Murders and a Lie” failed to prove either of those things had occured. ... As a witness, I would be happy to accept a government-paid holiday in Spain in order to testify about how full of crap all of this is, and also to ask why once-great Spain has turned into a nation of cowards. ***Pity the Spanish government no longer gives a damn about Iraq, having turned tail and run after Madrid was attacked. I know, thanks to my friend Jose at Barcepundit, that there are Spaniards who are mortified by their government’s behavior. Official Spain is down to exactly one Middle Eastern tragedy it cares about, a single death, and can’t get its facts straight on that one.
Spain's prosecution of the three Americans could have practical consequences; should they ever travel to a country that has an extradition treaty with Spain, they could be subject to arrest and prosecution in a Spanish court.
UPDATE: This post inspired Chris Muir to draw tomorrow's Day By Day strip; click to enlarge:
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