On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:38:34 -0400, 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.

Well, maybe for some, but not me. An unarmed kid carrying an empty RPG
launcher in retreat and running away isn't a target I'm going to take
a shot at for any reason.

Maybe he was an active combatant, maybe he was just a mule dragooned
into a bad situation - I'm not going to take that chance and have it
on my conscience.

Shooting at me - he's fair game - in retreat, sorry.

If that makes me a sap, then I'm a sap.