You know, one thing a lot of people are forgetting who want to label this marine a "war criminal" is that no matter if you feel he was wrong or not, it was obvious by his comments it was not done with malice. In my mind he's no more liable for war crimes than an pilot dropping a bomb on the wrong building on accident.
War crimes is a serious charge, and leads one to believe this marine was both seriously negligent, and malicious in his actions. He was neither. While the judgement call he made may ultimately be found to have been wrong, it was just that, a judgement call. He did not know the terrorist was wounded. Only that he was laying down, not surrendering, and appeared dead. When he saw him breathing, he assumed the worst, and fired to end a percieved threat. And he should be treated like a criminal for that? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
I hope they pin a medal on the poor bastard. I cannot conceive of being in that same situation, returning to duty wounded to aid your comrades in arms, making that call, and then being suddenly labeled as "criminal". How heart breaking for him, and for us as a country.
