re: #23 mikec6666

First, Breitbart does what he does best. Self promote. Second,
let’s remember that the men/women that fight these wars are young and make mistakes that young people make. They’re not thinking about the news cycle. They just want to show how macho they are. Been there, done that. Doesn’t always work out.

On your second point, I understand. Young, at the end of a highly emotional event loaded with adrenaline, I can understand how it happens and could see myself doing the same thing, at that time and place at the same age. This is why they should be judged by their peers. This is also the reason why the US deploys ‘professional soldiers’ who volunteer, to control this stuff.

The Taliban is not encumbered by those rules. We are, we have made that choice to be encumbered by those rules. That is why the there is an investigation and probably discharge or punishment.