[VR4_Craver]

Originally posted by V8killimports
Ok, let's say this is a mercy killing.. perhaps is was. Maybe this guy had intestines hanging out of his stomach, and missing both legs.. whatever. Despite that fact that you want to put this guy out of his misery, and it is apparent he will die, and die slowly if you don't do something about it you can't do it.. because then you will have 150,000 U.S. troops trying to figure out when they should and shouldn't perform a mercy killing.. or even use that as an excuse to kill random wounded. Maybe this soldier did the wrong thing for the rights reasons, but you just can't do that. If you don't have rules in war, you end up with 150,000 people running around with guns with no guidelines as to what they can and cannot do.

This could be true. Or it could be that he shot him because (hypotheticallly) he is a combat medic and tried to save this guys life. Intestines hanging out in all, he tried his hardest to save him. Now, you have to think that the Branch he is serving (Army, marines, whatever) shall shun him becuase he is aiding the enemy. It could be that the goverment which he took an oath to protect and serve could turn their collective back on him and put him on trial as a traitor. This guy was fucked no matter what he did with that guy