Marine A - Right or wrong?

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Kellfire said:
This thread is highlighting some dark traits in many people.

Not condoning murder = "do gooder".

Simple fact is that both sides in any war think they're in the right. The winner gets to dictate who that is. But to any member of the Taliban, we are most definitely as evil as we judge them to be.
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Maybe that's because they're brainwashed lunatics that will stop at nothing to fight and die for their stupid beliefs
 
Liverpoolphil said:
So ignore the laws and rules and Geneva Convention? Allow people to kill an unarmed injured captured solider ?

He knew he had broken the law - legally he was wrong. The law has convicted him, he knew what he was doing.

I have also seen people I work with lose limbs and had people I work with killed - by people who ignore those rules and the GC.

If a Taliban fighter shot and killed a capture injured unarmed soldier then the reaction would be one of disgust and horror and wanting justice.

The Taliban fighter was injured and they disarmed him and he was at that time posing no threat to them, Sgt Blackman legally did not have the right to "finish the job" or become judge and jury and sentence him to death.

Sgt Blackman broke the law and GC - he has been rightly convicted of that - the only issue is and has been - was it murder in cold blood or was it manslaughter with him suffering from PTSD which would go in some way to explaining his reaction.

The facts of it all are quite clear , as is the law and the GC
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Spoken like a true desk jockey
 
Ahh the 'moral high ground', that'll serve you well when you've had your limbs blown off or you've watched your mate die right in front of you.

Some people on here are completely deluded!!!!
 
Kellfire said:
This thread is highlighting some dark traits in many people.

Not condoning murder = "do gooder".

Simple fact is that both sides in any war think they're in the right. The winner gets to dictate who that is. But to any member of the Taliban, we are most definitely as evil as we judge them to be.
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And also ignorance by others.
I don't remember the Tories or Labour killing our professionals(teachers/lawyers etc) or banning children from school or denying women their rights or chopping off the hands of thieves and carrying out public executions as the Taliban did when they took power, but if you wish to carry on believing Sgt Blackman is a murderer fill your boots, just don't expect others to agree with you.
Not one person has condoned murder on here as all those backing Sgt Blackman don't believe it was murder and now our legal system agrees.
 
I think the only ones on here who's opinion is valid are the ones who have been there.
Its impossible to say how you would react in any given situation.
The most mild mannered person changes when they are behind the wheel of a car .
My coach always told me in a boxing match if you have him on the ropes don't let him off because he can hit you then.
This soldier has seen the Taliban kill his mates so don't let him kill anymore.
It is a war.
 
clubchamp98 said:
I think the only ones on here who's opinion is valid are the ones who have been there.
Its impossible to say how you would react in any given situation.
The most mild mannered person changes when they are behind the wheel of a car .
My coach always told me in a boxing match if you have him on the ropes don't let him off because he can hit you then.
This soldier has seen the Taliban kill his mates so don't let him kill anymore.
It is a war.
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Personally I disagree, to me everyone has a right to an opinion, it's part of belonging to a democracy and you need to hear and at times, see both sides of an argument.
Even if we disagree with that opinion the person has the right to hold it.

If we start silencing free speech we are no better than some of those we've been fighting.
 
pauldj42 said:
Personally I disagree, to me everyone has a right to an opinion, it's part of belonging to a democracy and you need to hear and at times, see both sides of an argument.
Even if we disagree with that opinion the person has the right to hold it.

If we start silencing free speech we are no better than some of those we've been fighting.
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Fair enough but you can't say to a soldier " I know how you feel " because you don't unless you have been there.
 
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