Sgt Blackman

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dickie mc rich said:
So shooting a dying terrorist from point blank range is punished, but incinerating them when they least expect it via flying robots in the sky is ok.

The rules of warfare are baffling.
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In the most dangerous square mile on the planet as well. Taking a prisoner who was going to die anyway would have been suicide

What's more baffling than the ridiculous law is that people seem to be showing genuine compassion for someone who would have murdered countless innocents included British lads who were out there with Sgt Blackman.
 
dickie mc rich said:
So shooting a dying terrorist from point blank range is punished, but incinerating them when they least expect it via flying robots in the sky is ok.

The rules of warfare are baffling.
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Exactly this, there are politicians and senior army personnel the world over ordering the unwarranted killing of hundreds of thousands of people yet it's the poor grunts on the ground that pick up the tab. If the situation was reversed he would of welcomed the bullet making a quick end.
 
Absolutely right that he was convicted for it. Rules are rules, whether you agree with them or not. The rules of engagement and the Geneva convention are what makes us different to the other side.
The propaganda they could have gained from this would put our forces in a lot more danger.
 
The Resource said:
Absolutely right that he was convicted for it. Rules are rules, whether you agree with them or not. The rules of engagement and the Geneva convention are what makes us different to the other side.
The propaganda they could have gained from this would put our forces in a lot more danger.
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What propaganda would that be? After showing a video of a hostage being beheaded without any trial would they run a news piece about how a British soldier who put a bullet through a dying jihadists head had been investigated brought to trial and let off for behaving in a humanitarian manner?
 
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Keawyeds said:
“Obviously this doesn’t go anywhere, fellas. I just broke the Geneva Convention.”

The lesson here is, turn your camera off if you're going to break the Geneva Convention.
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This is the problem , he did it knowingly , as an act of revenge and boasted about it on camera.
The public wants it's war more wholesome that that and he was supposed to be one of the good guys in white hats.
War reality is a different world of course but the law is for public consumption not to accurately interpret individuals situation specific reality .
According to law he murdered the man and it's hard to see with his words and using a pistol at point blank that can be seen as manslaughter . His stated motivation wasn't mercy killing it was quid pro quo.
The mental health defence might work but then war is perhaps organised madness anyway and he was functioning situation perfect, he wasn't psychotic or dissociative with trauma by the looks . Loosing judgement doesn't make him mad.
How long has he served , maybe the societal point has been proved already and I wouldn't necessarily want to see the individual over punished for show.
 
Skandhaless said:
His stated motivation wasn't mercy killing it was quid pro quo.
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That's the deciding factor. Regardless of someone else on the other side doing it, doesn't make it right.

Skandhaless said:
How long has he served , maybe the societal point has been proved already and I wouldn't necessarily want to see the individual over punished for show.
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This too. There have been far worse atrocities carried out in the name of war.
 
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