Regarding the Feb. 19 guest commentary by Shabbir Bala, “Yee injustice mustn’t be swept under rug”: I’ll worry about “justice” for Mr. Yee, when “you people” worry about justice for the other soldiers being investigated for doing their job. I’m referring to the one who shot the Iraqi in the mosque “playing ‘possum,” and the other who shot the car full of Iraqis driving at him, who didn’t stop when commanded.

What would World War II have been like if our men had been constrained like this, afraid to pull the trigger? Take a look at some of that old footage. For example, a Japanese bunker being torched by an American flame thrower, and our men waiting as “flaming” Japanese ran out, only to be gunned down. Brutal? Yes! Justified? Absolutely! This is war – as in life and death – not a game. Our soldiers must be allowed to operate that way. Call me a bigot, I don’t care. I say better 100 “erroneous” shootings of our enemies, than for one precious American to die.

Yee’s case was dropped, not because it lacked merit, but because our government didn’t want to compromise national security, i.e. our intelligence gathering on terrorists (who just happen to be virtually all Muslim). He probably deserved a lot worse than 76 days of inconvenience. As it is, he won’t get justice till he meets God.

The deafening silence of all the Muslim outcries against their terrorist brethren is nigh unbearable.

Philip Bickley

Everett