[Godfollow]

Maybe we try to hold a too lofty standard. One that actually puts each man in the position of "damned if you do and damned if you don't". I'm damned glad West did.

Of all the atrocities that occur in war, this was a situation where it would have been atrocious to have not gone over the top. I applaud West's actions, and if we are going to win this war against those who would ambush us, while we follow the rules, we will need to push the envelope of "what's moral in war".

What, when there is a WMD planted in your hometown, and you have the someone who knows something, will you not do to get him to talk? This goes beyond a set standard and requires a man with moral backbone to do the right thing. I ask you, is it moral to follow the rules and let numerous souls perish?

[Ispy4u]

You have placed faith in the unsupported assumption that there was an imminent danger to his troops. More factually there was a threat but likely no more than they regularly deal with and probably not quite as imminent it has been made to sound.

WMD placed among a civilian populace is not even in the same category, so the comparison doesn't hold water.