A Royal Marine Sergent has been found guilty of killing an Afghan insurgent and faces a life sentence, the wounded man was allegedly killed after being wounded in an exchange of fire.
I was very saddened by this report. First off surely the whole point of our soldiers being there is to keep the peace (a policeman's job really) and kill our enemy. Secondly you have to remember this has happened after an exchange of fire, the man killed was trying to kill our troops shortly before, if the situation had been reversed our soldiers would have received no quarter from the Afghan insurgents.
But lastly the real reason I'm saddened is because we always have to fight our wars with one hand tied behind our back and a copy of the marquess of queensberry rules under the other arm It's time we stared to fight wars like the rest of the world, not like to two 'chaps' in a gentleman's club sorting out a ladies honour. If we're going to go to war (and don't call it a stupid peace keeping action, it's not bringing any peace I can see) then lets bloody go for it, bomb the hell out of the beggars and then use guerrilla tactics like they do, plant our own IED's, see how long they last then. It's a bloody war remember!
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