Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:06:02 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

Maybe it's just me, but I was always under the impression that enemy
soldiers were shot where ever you could hit them.
True, but when it's a kid carrying an empty RPG launcher runnning away
from a firefight that was over, that puts a different twist on it
don't you think?

I don't know - I never had to face that situation, but I also was
never out of control either. Doing something like that is akin to a
war crime - you don't shoot unarmed combatants - shows a lack of
control.

Someone once said: "War is hell". To me a guy carrying an RPG is an
armed combatant any way you slice it. That certainly doesn't make
anyone a hero for shooting him, but definitely a fair target.


I'm sure the Iraqis feel the same way when they see our soldiers
carrying small arms.