the army should be held to higher standards than a terrorist organisation
Agreed. And if you want to charge anyone then do it at the time.
We do at some point, need people to join in the first place. We send people anywhere and they can then expect the possibility of courts and trials for decades to come? What exactly is this serving decades later? I can't remember what I had for breakfast last Monday.
Unless you want to restart the troubles, then it's a non starter going after Terrorists. What do you think the various Terrorist groups in Northern Ireland will do ? Sit back and twiddle their thumbs ? The Peace in Northern Ireland is fragile. I'm not missing how one sided it is, I just realise no matter how painful it is, the alternative would have been a continuation of the troubles. With more death and destruction. I sat through 3 or 4 IRA bomb scares in Oxford. Very close by, as they liked to plant bombs in the old car park or made hoax calls. I'll never forget the stillness and silence after the car park had been emptied. It was shattered by a loud bang via the Army Bomb disposal squad. Chills me to the bone, just lucky that Oxford was not devastated by IRA bombs.
No.
Both should be held to the law of the land. If one gets "let off" then both should.
Indeed. We should also have world peace, equal wealth distribution and a world without crime.
I disagree.
Equal wealth distribution is a terrible idea.
Nope. I accept we aren't going after terrorists right now.
I have no idea why we have begun a witch hunt after soldiers decades later. The result is going be sticking it all back in the news and fresh calls to go after the terrorists again.
Explain why?
Why strive and work hard if wealth is distributed equally?
Because you'll be shot if you don't. Who needs pay rises when bonus incentives can include keeping all your fingers and toes, both nuts and not executing your first born?