20 Feb 98 11:40, Jim Sanders wrote to Karl Schneider:
 JS>      Will Cohen turn the crew over to the Italians to prosecute for
 JS> manslaughter?  Who knows...  Think back to why Fogleman resigned.
I will be amazed if he does (and disappointed).  OTOH, the US government 
needs to try to make things right for the family members of the victims.  I 
realize that their lives can't be replaced, but perhaps their financial 
security can.
As for the Marines, it's safe to say their chances for advancement are 
effectively squashed.  I have mixed emotions whether the aircrew whould be 
cashiered or not.  On the one hand, they have to live with what they've done 
for the rest of their lives, and they're not going to go anywhere careerwise 
in aviation.  On the other, I doubt seriously that any of them will be 
interested in buzzing anyone ever again.  We have spent a fortune on their 
aviation education and it shouldn't necessarily be thrown away so easily.
Should we release the abused woman who finally sets fire to the bed?  Once 
her husband is dead, she's no longer a threat to society.  After what the 
aircrew has experienced....the vilification in the world press, what the 
Marine Corp is doing to them, and the stabs from their consciences, do they 
remain a threat to society?  I don't know.
Jay
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