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Originally posted by DeltAlum
In theory, I understand the feeling and the argument.
However, mercy killing isn't legal in most places. Ask Dr. Kevorkian.
In addition, it offers the precedent for murder. That is to say that it gives a potential defense to someone who might kill an enemy with less than moral reasons -- and claim that it was a mercy killing.
If the guy was that badly injured, he probably wouldn't have lasted long. Give him a pain killer and wait for the inevitible.
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Dr. K is different. He wasn't dealing with people in a war with their skulls blown off.
As for pain killers, come on - really how many tank commanders carry pain killers to treat wounded enemy soldiers?
This is a case where the rules need to be bent and nothing is black and white. I would be upset if he becomes a victim of the system when we should be using the system to catch people who do our military harm.
-Rudey