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Originally Posted by martyh
No special treatment wanted or needed ,just an understanding that goes beyond the "law is the law" ,an understanding that when the governments of the world create psychopathic killers to protect their freedoms sometimes they will behave like psychopathic killers .
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yeah but our guys are mean't to be the best something to be proud of and some ie Sirius do want special treatment it is not all about you marty
I would rather the rules of engagement changed so our boys can reap more death on the Islamic psychopathic killers
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Originally Posted by SMG
Those who have served in war, have the right, & duty, to kill or wound an enemy without fear of prosecution. They do not have the right to shoot a wounded, unarmed enemy, who is in no position to retaliate, having said that, does the enemy have a death wish, & a grenade under him?
What about a sniper who takes the life of an enemy, without warning or provocation? Is he guilty of Murder?
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you all know the rules of engagement and are under orders to follow the rules. The sniper is under orders to kill combatants.
As I keep saying the law is wrong but it is still the law and if like this guy a breach comes to light something has to be done. We are after all fighting the righteous war ( well I think so) if you act the same as the enemy you become as bad as the enemy and then we should really re think our position in global conflicts
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One of the cleared marines - known as Marine B - inadvertently filmed the murder on his helmet-mounted camera and that footage, taken on 15 September 2011, was shown to the court during the two-week trial.
It showed Marine A shooting the Afghan prisoner with a 9mm pistol, and saying: "There, shuffle off this mortal coil... It's nothing you wouldn't do to us."
He adds: "Obviously this doesn't go anywhere fellas. I just broke the Geneva Convention," to which Marine B replies: "Yeah, roger mate."
During the court martial, prosecutor David Perry told the court the murder was "not a killing in the heat and exercise of any armed conflict. It amounted to an execution".
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this is not acceptable behaviour in modern society the general public have to feel protected by our armed forces this guy got caught due to some very poor decisions. Breaking the rules on camera admitting the breach on camera it is his own fault he is in the position he is in