re: Let him correct you if you are wrong
"in spite of the possibility that he may have participated in the torture and beheading of captives."
So for that possibility he deserved death?
Of course I have sympathy for the Marine, and Bowser said he does too, very clearly. It's a shitty place to be no matter how you look at it.
I think the big question is: is this an isolated incident or indicative of more widespread problems? As I said before, the camera was there for this incident, but there are not cameras everywhere in Iraq.
It would be unfair to presume to know the state of mind of the Marine.
It would also be unfair to presume to know the state of mind of the dead person. How do you know he didn't completely honestly think of himself as an Iraqi patriot?