Marine found guilty of murder

[Jmack]

The Nazis didn't kill POWs as a matter of rule the vast majority of Allied POWs many of whom were held for most of were well treat as far as POW camps went.

The Japanese did not sign up to the Geneva convention

 

Flip this around and imagine the reaction if a British Soldier was executed whilst injured by the Taliban. Would be on here saying it's alright because the Taliban didn't sign up to the Geneva convention.

[Peer Gynt]

Wrong. It's actually a sensible approach to take prisoners and treat them well, as in encourages others to surrender and not to fight to the death.

 

So you sent to Germany movies of the POWs telling their families and fellow soldiers how nice it was at Butlins.

[Halibut]

We aren't better than the Taliban, we just have a different set of values.

 

So you think suicide bombing and beheading captives is morally acceptable behaviour?

[Jeffrey Shaw]

No "Convention" has the force of law, of course. It's just a treaty.

[boyfriday]

Did they give a reason for shooting him?

 

His defence at the trial was that he thought the man was dead and that he shot the corpse out of pent-up frustration and anger.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/royal-marine-found-guilty-of-murder-for-battlefield-execution-of-injured-taliban-fighter-8930011.html

 

That didn't answer the question.

 

If he had been given medical treatment and survived, what should we have then done with him, Guantanamo Bay for the rest of his life or let him go?

 

It did answer the question, because the two options you propose are not the only ones available.

[Halibut]

The Nazis didn't kill POWs as a matter of rule the vast majority of Allied POWs many of whom were held for most of were well treat as far as POW camps went.

The Japanese did not sign up to the Geneva convention

 

So you accept that some POW's were murdered by the Japanese and the Nazis.

 

Ok. Do you think that was Ok, fair game?

[Jeffrey Shaw]

His defence at the trial was that he thought the man was dead and that he shot the corpse out of pent-up frustration and anger.

 

But that's directly counter to what he reportedly said when shooting, isn't it?

[Peer Gynt]

Flip this around and imagine the reaction if a British Soldier was executed whilst injured by the Taliban. Would be on here saying it's alright because the Taliban didn't sign up to the Geneva convention.

 

You're another one who's obviously never seen the films of the Taliban executing Russian POWs.

 

Why don't you read and look at this?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016032

[boyfriday]

His defence at the trial was that he thought the man was dead and that he shot the corpse out of pent-up frustration and anger.

 

But that's directly counter to what he reportedly said when shooting, isn't it?

 

Apparently he was unaware of the existence of the tape when he was originally questioned.

 

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You're another one who's obviously never seen the films of the Taliban executing Russian POWs.

 

Why don't you read and look at this?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016032

 

We know the Taliban execute soldiers, we know they'd execute anyone who disagreed with them, usually in the most grotesque ways imaginable..but that doesn't mean our soldiers have to mirror their behaviour.

[Peer Gynt]

So you accept that some POW's were murdered by the Japanese and the Nazis.

 

Ok. Do you think that was Ok, fair game?

 

Once again sticking your nose in and misconstruing

I said not all allied POWs were executed as was being implied.

 

I'm surprised that Mods allow your constant sniping and misconstruing of posts.