During the Battle of the Bulge, 84 American soldiers who had surrendered to the Germans were summarily executed on the battlefield in the Malmedy Massacre.
We rightly condemn this action and the Germans were tried for war crimes as a result.
Osama was killed, but we’re tetting the 72 versions. But of all the versions I have seen, none of them indicate that he was presenting a threat at the time he was killed.
You just really are out of touch with the facts. You might want to check with the information retrieved from the compound....as well as use some common sense. History of war has zero to do with the type of war against terroism currently. Different time...different era...different in every way...including how and when one can be killed. Read some of the military manuels on engaging the enemy and your opinion should change.
During the Battle of the Bulge, 84 American soldiers who had surrendered to the Germans were summarily executed on the battlefield in the Malmedy Massacre.
“We rightly condemn this action and the Germans were tried for war crimes as a result.
Osama was killed, but we’re tetting the 72 versions. But of all the versions I have seen, none of them indicate that he was presenting a threat at the time he was killed.”
You are not thinking clearly. The Germans in yout example are in no way analogous to Osama unless Osama had surrendered or was trying to surrender (and the shooter knew he was trying to surrender) at the time he was shot.
An enemy combatant does not have to be presenting a threat at the time he is killed for the killing to be lawful. Otherwise, the targeting of enemy commanders and troops by drones would be murder, as would bombing enemy commanders as they sleep, eat, or engage in any other activity or inactivity that is not a threat.