07-25-2019, 12:11 AM
Mr. William Blunt, stood once again, straightened his back, and smiled. He was defending his nation's honor. It was a responsibility Blunt was more than ready to take on.
"Your Honor, this was a war. Let me make that clear. In war...people die. Carville was a location of interest for its harbor. It was also the final Junta hold-out in the area. It was a highly logical target. So please, don't read this situation as if my client attacked Carville for no good reason other than out of bloodlust.
Furthermore, Ms Sheridan would have us believe that my client's forces attacked Carville with the intent of maximizing civilian casualties. Nothing could be further from the truth. My client attached at 10 PM, a time when most citizens would be in bed. They also attacked the industrial district at first. Warehouses are hardly ever still operating at 10 PM and none would have been operating since the city was under Gonhog occupation.
I literally have an unreacted memo from General Wallace, head of the Lauchenoiria Campaign, to Colonel Baker, the CO of the op in question. It explicitly states to minimize civilian casualties. That doesn't sound like the type of thing that would result in Maximusian men mercilessly mowing down civilians, as Ms Sheridan might suggest.
Some civilians and unarmed forces were still, tragically, killed during the fighting. With that said, the battle took place from 10 PM, when it was pitch dark, until well into the night. Both sides made heavy use of smoke and flash grenades which would have made distinguishing an unarmed medical personnel and an armed personal very difficult. Using night vision goggles can make it exceedingly difficult to make out people's features.
Any non-military lives that were lost were a tragedy, as were the lives the soldiers, but this was a war and in wars lives will be lost. My client's intent was never to massacre unarmed civilians or anything of that sort. The death of innocents is merely the sad cost of war. The defense rests, your honor.
"Your Honor, this was a war. Let me make that clear. In war...people die. Carville was a location of interest for its harbor. It was also the final Junta hold-out in the area. It was a highly logical target. So please, don't read this situation as if my client attacked Carville for no good reason other than out of bloodlust.
Furthermore, Ms Sheridan would have us believe that my client's forces attacked Carville with the intent of maximizing civilian casualties. Nothing could be further from the truth. My client attached at 10 PM, a time when most citizens would be in bed. They also attacked the industrial district at first. Warehouses are hardly ever still operating at 10 PM and none would have been operating since the city was under Gonhog occupation.
I literally have an unreacted memo from General Wallace, head of the Lauchenoiria Campaign, to Colonel Baker, the CO of the op in question. It explicitly states to minimize civilian casualties. That doesn't sound like the type of thing that would result in Maximusian men mercilessly mowing down civilians, as Ms Sheridan might suggest.
Some civilians and unarmed forces were still, tragically, killed during the fighting. With that said, the battle took place from 10 PM, when it was pitch dark, until well into the night. Both sides made heavy use of smoke and flash grenades which would have made distinguishing an unarmed medical personnel and an armed personal very difficult. Using night vision goggles can make it exceedingly difficult to make out people's features.
Any non-military lives that were lost were a tragedy, as were the lives the soldiers, but this was a war and in wars lives will be lost. My client's intent was never to massacre unarmed civilians or anything of that sort. The death of innocents is merely the sad cost of war. The defense rests, your honor.