[South40]

The kid was wounded and retreating and Kerry beached his boat, chased him down and shot him in the back.

I call that murder. You're free to call it whatever you'd like. And doing so hardly makes him a hero.

[mbennett203]

Does that mean that, if a Madhi-army idiot fires an RPG at, say, a stryker, and one of the soldiers in the stryker gets out, and chases him down, and shoots him as he's fleeing, he's a murderer? You're forbidden from shooting fleeing enemy soldiers?

Listen, I hate Kerry, I'm not voting for him, but this is one thing about his past where I'm not really bothered. Putting himself in for a Silver Star over the incident is a bit much. I also never said that he was a "hero" for chasing down a wounded VC. I was under the impression that if someone fired at you, and ran, you could still kill them, in context of a war. Now, if it's proven the kid surrended, and Kerry shot him anyway, that's a different story.

Am I wrong? Someone set me straight if I am, please.