On Shooting the Wounded

In the National Post today , "On Shooting the Wounded" by John Thompson - President of the Military think tank, The Mackenzie Institute regarding the current Court Martial Trial of Captain Robert Semrau.   I have to agree with him - based on the tired yet accurate accessment that "War is Hell" and it is very difficult to recreate  battle field conditions as these - where an enemy is found seriously wounded during an active engagement and a Canadian officer not being attached to a battle group has no traditional resources to secure a medical evacuation.   Following military tradition he puts the enemy soldier out of his misery in as humane a was as possible - 2 bullets to the head.  He will have to make peace with his actions by himself.

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