[steplock]

"He was probably wrong to kill the first man. We have to apply the same rules to ourselves as we do to the enemy, or rules of war are meaningless."

Ok - Innocent due to temporary insanity.

Ever been in a ferocious firefight and seen you buddies blown to pieces by an RPG? and then have to carry the little parts of bone and flesh back to a chopper pad to send home for a proper burial?

Yeah - you tend to over-react once in a while. Yes, it was technically wrong, understandable and forgivable!

Unfortunately, people who share this writer's opinion REQUIRE the sacrificial lamb to slaughter at the altar of political correctness. And if you go back through the history of warfare, there has always been the ONE major publicized ENLISTED man who gets shafted for the "righteous".

[cardinal4]

Unfortunately, people who share this writer's opinion REQUIRE the sacrificial lamb to slaughter at the altar of political correctness. And if you go back through the history of warfare, there has always been the ONE major publicized ENLISTED man who gets shafted for the "righteous".

Hmmmmm. For once we agree. You can see the writer of this Barbara Streisand is salivating at the thought of covering a US Soldiers war crime trial. The Iraqi fired an RPG at his Marine unit, fer cryin out loud!! I will following this one; this Marine was acting in self and unit defence IMO.

[1rudeboy]

Small point, but this hardly seems to be a case of "political correctness" in the commonly understood sense of the term. Furthermore, if the facts of this case are as presented here, then calling a court-martial is both legally and politically correct.