[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Livia

Actually, I have been in several war zones, although I was fully protected by armed guards. And I'm a military widow and that gives me some insight into it. I've worked in Israel, I've been to Palestine several times, I'vbe been to Iraq and Syria and the refugee camps in Jordan.

No one's saying people don'y have the right to say whatever they want. But I also have the right to say what I said, from a stronger, more informed position.

And as for not needing battlefield experience to understand that order must be maintained... Well, battlefield experience will teach you that soldiers are human beings with human reactions and emotions. Putting on a uniform and doing basic training doesn't make you into a robot.

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.