I pee Marine?

[MMI]

No, not at all. The soldiers should be punished, though not nearly as severely as some people seem to think. What they did is surely conduct unbecoming a Marine.

But yes, the Taliban should stop complaining, at least until their own hands are much cleaner. The US owes them no apologies, no reparations, no acknowledgement of their demands at all until they themselves become at least civilized enough to abide by the Geneva Convention.

You seem to be saying, Let's keep a sense of proportion here. The marines do deserve some punishment, but for the Marine Corps' sake, not the Taliban's.

I agree. Unequivocally. As someone on another site said,

I can see a demotion in rank, loss of pay for a month, even KP duty (Do they still do that?), or even worse, kicking these guys off of the sniper team, that would be about the worse punishment you can think of. But if they get thrown to the wolves and get booted out of the military with a dishonorable, or have to serve even one day of jail time, I will be outraged and I hope the rest of the sane people thru out the world will be as well.

I don't think pissing over a dead body justifies imprisonment, but I do think it raises questions about a person's suitability to serve in the armed forces, because the civilians served by the military do not expect it. Killing the enemy is one thing: that's what US Marines are trained to do. Defiling a corpse is something else.

[Thorne]

I agree. Unequivocally.

This is getting downright spooky! One of us is obviously not feeling too well.