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We don't need our young men and women taking an extra second to decide if its right to shoot an enemy terrorist when that could mean that one of our soldiers could lose their life. The lives of our soldiers should be the single most important factor in this war against terrorism. The rights of terrorists can come second.


I agree with the above in theory, but in this specific case the soldier shot a wounded insurgent point blank when all signs pointed to the insurgent not being a threat.

I'm aware that many insurgents have booby-trapped themselves or their wounded comrades, etc., and this theoretically could have been one of those instances. But from reading all the reports, it doesn't seem likely.

I sympathize with the stresses of life in a battle zone, but seeing as we aren't exactly winning the hearts & minds of Iraqis, our soldiers need to be thinking about how this type of stuff looks to the people we're trying to "liberate."

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