Marine shoots wounded(?) terrorist

I was working with American army when it is start fighting Fallujah,
I think we will fighting terrorists, but we enter fallujah every thing change,
Many of my friends killed in front of me, we lost to much troops their,
After that our leaders gave us orders to kill anybody even citizenes,
They said to us : all people here are our enemy,
After that my friends start killing people in every where,
In front of camera my friends give people food and water, and behind camera they start killing people,
I lost my leg in this war, and they take me to germany,
Anyway I will not go back their, this is not war for freedom,
I thing myself devil, Actually I am a devil, because our tanks destroy every thing there,
Our tanks destroy buildings and their people inside, we destroy mosque and killing every people inside, even they don’t have weapons,
Oh my god, forgive me,
Oh my god, bless me,
I will not go back any more,
I will go back to my country,
And I will left American Army,

John S.

Does anyone actually believe Johns rant. John please, at least learn English before attempting to pose as an American soldier.

Was the prisoner actually armed? Isn't that rather a crucial detail? Was he actually wounded? It's quite a stretch to suggest that a Marine should reasonably percieve a threat from an unarmed, wounded man.

I'm glad you're so quick to exonerate our side of any wrongdoing; but maybe you want to dig a little deeper into this before settling on the conclusion that seems to make you feel the best.

Having watched the video, read the transcripts and digested the available information, I would have to say the Marine was in the wrong in this case. His actions were understandable but not justifiable.

It's a shame that he was ever in a predicament such as this to begin with.

Are you people freaking serious? The Marine in question more then likely felt that the "bad guy" was a threat, and when you feel a particular object is a threat you destroy it. You people have NO right to second guess the actions of any soldier in any fight any where. What if it happened the other way around, what if the Marine didn't fire and the "bad guy" lit off a dynamite belt or put a round in between the troops eyes, what would you be saying then. If you have never been in the service and never been in combat, keep you mouth shut, because of public outcry about war being "violent" on the news, us soldiers are fighting a heavy weight match with our hand tied behind our backs! And "JohnS", your a piece of shit, how dare you attempt to impersonate a soldier you stupid bastard, instead of lying (which you suck at) go take a english class, maybe preschool level will work.

And Mr. Sites, your totally right!

Chris - Take it easy. It took me awhile to come to that conclusion. I've been there before so I can speak for myself. I feel for this Marine and it pains me deeply for what this is going to do to him.

The bottom line is that the military has a standard operating procedure for dealing with casualty threats and it wasn't followed. If the SOP had been followed and the insurgent liquidated fine, but the SOP wasn't followed.

Do I think the Marine should be court martialed? Certainly not. I think he needs refresher training on dealing with casualty threats and maybe administrative punishment.

The Marine in question more then likely felt that the "bad guy" was a threat, and when you feel a particular object is a threat you destroy it.

No.

You have to substantiate threat before you eliminate it. Was this wounded man a threat? Was he armed? It doesn't look like it.

Second-guessing our soldiers is how we keep our republic free. And this isn't even second-guessing; it's on tape. We can all see it. But even if it wasn't, nothing would be different. Just because you volunteered to carry a rifle and do what needs to be done doesn't excuse unlawful conduct.