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Originally Posted by Dezzy
You don't need experience to understand that it's wrong to kill anyone that's been detained without due course. You can focus on the Palestinian all you want but that's not going to change the facts of the case or that the soldier was in the wrong for killing a captured enemy. The identity of the enemy doesn't change a thing.
People make mistakes but choosing to execute someone isn't a mistake, it's a decision. He chose to defy orders and protocol in an environment that doing so could get himself and others killed. There are plenty of Israeli soldiers and soldiers in other armies across the world that deal with terrible situations yet are capable of of following the rules of engagement and protocols when it comes to dealing with captured enemies, they too are human so I disagree with your argument since downplaying this soldier's actions is disrespectful to other soldiers who act appropriately. All soldiers are human and it's not an excuse for choosing to execute a captured enemy because most soldiers would not do that.
Soldiers that act rashly and defy orders are a danger to everyone and they should not be blindly defended just 'cus.
I do suspect that if the facts of the case were the same yet the roles were reversed, you'd be calling for the blood of the Palestinian soldier for executing an Israeli prisoner.
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and you think jailing a 19 year old boy for 20 years solves the problem how?