TITLE: Defense AUTHOR: Kasey POST EP: War Crimes RATING: PG-13 Leofic SUMMARY: “He can’t do this to me.  Not now.” He can’t do this to me. Why the hell did he tell me?  I’d finally ALMOST forgotten.  Not as though I ever could forget the things I did back there, back then, because I was ordered to.  I’d finally stopped havin’ nightmares so bad I would wake up in a cold sweat tryin’ not to sob like a baby. So all of this leadin’ into the fact that I’m not gonna be sleepin’ much for awhile. I didn’t know.  I honestly didn’t.  This isn’t like William Calley, I really DIDN’T know, I never got close enough to see ‘em and I honestly thought it was military, I was told it was military, and how was I to know he was lyin’ ta me the whole time? Dammit, I was following a direct order given to me by my CO.  I didn’t just take it upon myself to go kill 11 people. He can’t do this to me.  Not now. Why not? Why can’t he hang me out to dry in a war crimes trial? Because I was 21 years old and young and doing what I was told.  I was just following orders. Too bad that defense didn’t work for Calley.