by B. R. GOWANI
The Pentagon is the US Department of Defense building. Generally, the US Defense Department is known as the Pentagon. The building occupies 28.7 acres and additional 5.1 acres make up a central courtyard PHOTO/Senator Bernie Sanders
corporations are persons
and the courts in the US have handcuffs
that fits human wrists only
thus corporations have no fear of handcuffs
and so, even for horrific crimes,
they can get away with little fine
it seems the Pentagon is beyond the handcuffs too
on 3 October 2015
US Air Force gunship attacked the Kunduz Trauma Centre
run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
42 people died and about 30 were injured
there was huge outcry
and a demand for investigation
Obama apologized
16 service members were involved
the Pentagon carried out its own investigation!
one can imagine the result
on 29 April 2016
head of U.S. Central Command
Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel announced:
“They were trying to do the right thing.
They were trying to support our Afghan partners.”
“Unfortunately, they made a wrong judgment in this particular case
and ended up targeting this Doctors Without Borders facility.”
but no court martial for any of the servicemen
for this tragedy, who is finally responsible
in the chain of commands
MSF asks
Doctors Without Borders may keep on asking
but can’t force the Pentagon to answer
and no one can hold it accountable
because courts have no handcuffs
that can fit their size and power
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com