Well at least they didn't force the guy to wear panties on his head or anything like that.
I owe you an apology - didn't catch your's before posting.
The terrorist must have made a threatening move, or there was something that made the soldier decide to shoot. In the heat of battle snap decisions have to be made, if there was a 5% chance of being injured, the soldier did the right thing. The soldiers number one duty is to stay alive.
good point..now THAT would have been unacceptable to the democrats...