Small Wars Journal

Effects of Lorance Verdict on Combat Decisions to be Seen

Sun, 08/11/2013 - 3:18pm

Effects of Lorance Verdict on Combat Decisions to be Seen by Catherine Pritchard, Fayetteville Observer.

Will the murder conviction of a soldier who ordered his men to shoot unarmed Afghans last year improve the safety and success of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan?

Or make them more difficult?

Some believe it may prompt soldiers to hesitate overlong in defending themselves in war-zone situations, worried about the effect on their careers and freedom if they're judged to have shot wrongly...

Read on.