Heck, John Kerry got a medal for doing the same thing in Veitnam.
WOW.
Guys this claim is total BS, and I have the video to prove it:
http://news.yahoo.com/p/v?u=/ap_av/20041111/av_ap_wl/466b61a7bf5a62d27dbfff99d7adb434&cid=452&f=53746348
That video shows what happened, It is by NO means an execution.
This was NO helpless Iraqi.
The troops even explain that they were trying to root him out.
This is completely false.
The truth needs to be spread.
This Marine had probably seen several of his fellow Marines killed in the last few days. It is kill or be killed. I know that sounds like a childish way to put it, but that is the objective in a nutshell. IMHO