Originally Posted by Kalibah

Look, I am not 'for' or against the marine- being guilty or not, i like to remind people that YOU have the benifit of watching the clip in the comfort of your SAFE home. He was there, being shot at, IEDs in corpses, blowing up when people move them, being shot at by Iraqis waving white flags to get Marines out in the open, etc.


Before ANYONE condems him, think what the events leading up to it were like. Put yourself in his shoes, remember what happened in the days leading up to it, like I said above, IEDs in corpses, etc, and THEN you might see why he did what he did. Honestly, if your in that room, and what you think is a coprse moves- you would instintivly shoot it- and dont dare deny that- you would... so would everyone else. Let the investigation take its course, but dont condem the man because you saw a clip, a snapshop, of what he was doing and had been through. Im not saying he made the right decision, im not saying he made the wrong one, im just saying he did what everyone else woulda done instictivly. He didnt shoot out of hate or malice- he did it out of instinct, and everyone ignores that fact