Marine sentence review?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26965823

What's people's thoughts on this case being reviewed?

Whilst I support our troops, I do believe he was wrong and his sentence was right (arguably short).

[SIII]

What he did was wrong, but in that situation maybe it was the right thing to do?

What if a british soldier had been injured or killed whilst waiting for a helicopter to come in and evac' this guy? Leave him to die slowly? He had to make a quick decision for what he thought best for his troops in the field.

The mistake he made was not checking all camera's were off or memory cards wiped.

If rolls were reversed the taliban wouldn't just quickly shoot the prisoner, they would have cut his balls off and put them in his mouth and then hung bits of him from a tree!!!

Discharge from the military, but no prison sentence. Just my opinion.

Originally Posted by SIII

What he did was wrong, but in that situation maybe it was the right thing to do?

What if a british soldier had been injured or killed whilst waiting for a helicopter to come in and evac' this guy? Leave him to die slowly? He had to make a quick decision for what he thought best for his troops in the field.

The mistake he made was not checking all camera's were off or memory cards wiped.

If rolls were reversed the taliban wouldn't just quickly shoot the prisoner, they would have cut his balls off and put them in his mouth and then hung bits of him from a tree!!!

That does not constitute a defence or even an excuse especially when taking the moral high ground in a conflict.

[SIII]

sod moral high ground. kill or be killed.

That was NOT a kill or be killed situation, but by any reasonable standard murder and going by recorded comments he knew it.

[SIII]

If they had hung around to save his life, they would have come under fire. They act like animals, treat them like animals.

As ye sow, so shall ye reap!

I agree with SII.

You don't shoot people just so you can then give them medical attention. Marine A was just finishing the job off for the Apache.

His only error was having the video footage. Cameras should be banned.

[timwilky]

We can only adopt the morel high ground.

We know that at times, situations could require an on the ground decision and if they came under fire their priority is for themselves. but until such a situation, we demand they treat prisoners with respect (until such time as they are handed over to the CIA).

As an experienced senior NCO. This marine should know the basic rules. He knew what he did was wrong. End of.


His basic mistake. Not turning off his units cameras.

[Trev B]

Unless you have been in combat and engaged an enemy like he has,we cannot get a true measure of what and why he did what he did.We are judging him by OUR morals and in hind sight,and as it said at the end of the program,why haven't those that declared war and their mandarins been prosecuted,and also WHAT would you have done.I think warfare should start with the leaders of those places involved fight a duel(any weapon of choice), then the deputy leader takes on the winner etc until someone submits,war wouldn't last long then

So SII, Guru, are you saying that in a theater of war you believe that there is no such thing as murder?