05-04-2004, 10:26 PM
I guess I'm going to have to add yet another *shrug* here. What should those soldiers be expected to do? Let him live, perhaps giving him the oppurtunity to kill more American soldiers at a later date? Go and retrieve him as a prisoner, putting themselves in danger and their own lives at risk?
I guess I'm just completely missing what exactly about this is disturbing. A person died in a battle, and seemingly got a pretty quick and clean death out of it. Don't you think it's kind of silly if in the middle of a battle someone who is wounded, but not dead, suddenly becomes untouchable by the enemy? Your enemy is there to be defeated, not to be given ample chance to consistently strike back at you. Also, many types of wounds/injuries still allow the individual to fight back if pressed to do so - what do you do in those situations? Are they "hands off" because they're wounded?
This is just a smear campaign pure and simple. There is absolutely zero, nada, zilch, zip, etc. chance of this being illegal in any way whatsoever.
I guess I'm just completely missing what exactly about this is disturbing. A person died in a battle, and seemingly got a pretty quick and clean death out of it. Don't you think it's kind of silly if in the middle of a battle someone who is wounded, but not dead, suddenly becomes untouchable by the enemy? Your enemy is there to be defeated, not to be given ample chance to consistently strike back at you. Also, many types of wounds/injuries still allow the individual to fight back if pressed to do so - what do you do in those situations? Are they "hands off" because they're wounded?
This is just a smear campaign pure and simple. There is absolutely zero, nada, zilch, zip, etc. chance of this being illegal in any way whatsoever.
--Mith
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London