UK Discovers Its Own War Crimes – Only Took 20 Years
A former British officer has testified that UK forces committed unlawful executions in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013, per The New Arab. This 'revelation' follows years of suppressed reports and whistleblowers. The mainstream press, ever vigilant, is now cautiously stepping into the light to cover what many in the targeted regions have known all along. One might wonder why it takes decades, an
official inquiry, and a former officer's testimony for such inconvenient truths to surface. While Western media grapples with the concept of its own countries committing atrocities (shocking, we know), the historical pattern of minimizing civilian casualties and human rights abuses by NATO allies remains unbroken. Remember when the US military initially dismissed reports of civilian deaths from
drone strikes as 'propaganda'? This latest testimony merely confirms what generations in Afghanistan experienced—that for some nations, 'justice' is a variable, not a constant. How many 'inquiries' do we need before accountability becomes proactive policy?