So what is this crackerjack ruling going to tell our troops in the field?
"Be sure to shoot to kill."
The problem I have with this is that this guy had just been shooting at the Canadian troops. So you are seriously telling me that if someone is shooting at me, I manage hit them, knock them down and their gun falls out of their hands...that I shouldn't finish them off?
I wonder what this guy would have done if he'd managed to get his gun back in hand. Shoot at them again? Shoot them in the back (The unit had moved past him). Why in the world should our troops waste medical supplies they should be using on themselves and other Canadian (or Ally) troops on guy who wouldn't hesitate to kill them?
I guess that's what makes us 'better' than them...but it's still a hard, bitter pill to swallow. It just feels wrong.
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