New York Times: 2 U.S. Pilots Charged With Manslaughter in Errant Bombing.

The pilots' individual responsibility will be more or less publicly examined, which is a good thing, whether Maj. Umbach and Maj. Schmidt are actually convicted or not for killing Canadian soldiers of the International Force in Afghanistan by - obviously - mistake.

Now I would like to know if there actually was a formal inquiry after the (unfortunate) bombing of a wedding party on July 1st, that caused a far larger number of civilian Afghan victims, and why it didn't lead to a public prosecution ?

I'm afraid (and deeply ashamed) the nationality of the victims is the most evident reason.

Jimmy Carter: The Troubling New Face of America [in Washington Post, via Roland Tanglao].

Neil MacFarquhar: 'Feeling of Frustration' Makes Arab World an Explosive Region [in NYT International].

James Dao: Qatar of 2 Minds About a War, Envoy Says [in NYT International].