retired lieutenant colonel gary solis was a lawyer in the marine corps and now teaches at both georgetown and george washington university law schools. and retired captain bing west, on active duty during the vietnam war, later served as assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration. welcome to you both. the reason i made that comment about likely sentences, this still has to go up one administrative level if i understand it. colonel solis, here you had 24 iraqi civilians killed. all these cases went on and on and basically no one served any time. what is your assessment of this judgment today? >> this is a pathetic conclusion to an outrageously inept prosecution for a horrific act. no one can be pleased by the outcome. certainly the united states ends up looking terrible. not to mention 24 dead bodies and no time anywhere in the process. >> warner: professor west, what is your assessment of this?