I don't think it matters which direction they were walking/running in. If they disobeyed an order to halt, then the marine has an obligation (not just a right) to shoot.
I personally don't give a damn how many terrorists our guys kill. The more the better. There's potentially 50-100 million out there that are going to have to die before the appetite for terror subsides. Is the JAG going to do an article 32 on each one? If that's the plan, I would strongly favor closing the JAG and NIS offices and transferring those "shiney" pants bastards into combat units.
As for the dumb SOB Coburn, he'd probably be dead by now if he hadn't had a good platoon leader like Pantano looking out for his ass.
You sound like you're former Medical Corps. Just go back to your living room, sit back, turn on Platoon and do your Rah impressions saying, "The only thing that can kill Bahns........is Bahns. (Spelling in the phonetic).
Which one is it, were they running away or were they coming right at him or were they turned towards each other?
Riddle me this, Batman, what if he shot them in the back while they were still cuffed. Would that be murder?
By the way, JAG isn't doing an Article 32 on each and every killing in Iraq. But, I will humor you. Unless you are in Kuwait, the term REMF, or "shiney pants" doesn't apply. If you were over there, then you would understand that nobody is safe. So guess what, JAG is pretty much a combat unit. And, another thing, they do not prefer charges. Commanders prefer charges. JAG's advise; Commanders decide. So, who should you be vetting against? An infantry commander, perhaps? Do you know anything about the way the military justice system works?
Do you know Coburn? I don't, but you seem to know him well enough to refer to his mother in a most derogatory manner. Can you tell me about him?
Now, the purpose of my post was to discuss the possibility of a polygraph. Would you care to comment on that one? I noticed that you picked out some very irrelevant parts of my post, yet, you would not comment on the crux of the post, which is why not send them down for a polygraph?
You can get back to me on that one.