No matter WHAT - the marines look after their own

[IAN 2411]

On the original post, in truth it is water under the bridge, because tomorrow there will be another incident that will outrage the public. Then this minor infraction of what the press and the politically correct think is a breach of fair play will be forgotten.
IAN 2411

As a thought experiment, suppose that one of these men had come home from his tour of duty, had a PTSD flashback (as has been known to happen) and started mowing down US civilians with the same indiscriminate enthusiasm? Would you continue to argue that fighting men cannot be held to the same standards as lesser mortals, and it should be dismissed as a breach of fair play?

I don’t know where you are going with this thread leo9, but I am not going with you, because now you are deviating from the OP. Don’t be shy start a new thread.

Or, given your argument that it's the heat of battle that excuses everything, suppose he got caught up in an armed robbery, drew his piece, and then after shooting the gunmen carried on to shoot down a dozen or so innocent bystanders? Do you suppose the police would agree that anything can happen in a fire fight?

For a start he is not in the police, and you are trying you best to goad me into a answering a question that has damn all to do with the OP or for that matter the thread. My argument has nothing to do with what he does in peace time, and neither is the OP. “I repeat,” don’t be shy start a new thread.

Would it be more excusable if they were only Muslim immigrants, and he'd flashed back to "kill all ragheads" mode?

I am in full agreement with Ozme52 but I will add though that they are not called rag heads any more....they are called [little sheet heads].

Be well IAN 2411