Mess With The Bull, Get The Horns

A U.S. Marine that killed a wounded terrorist in an illegally-fortified Fallujah mosque in front of NBC embedded videojournalist Kevin Sites will not face charges for that shooting, nor for two other terrorists he killed in the building that day when the Marine has reason to suspect the men were playing dead to launch ambushes.

"Based on all the evidence in the case, and the rules of engagement that were in effect at the time, it is clear the corporal could have reasonably believed that the AIF [anti-Iraq forces] shown in the videotape posed a hostile threat justifying his use of deadly force," said a two-page statement about the statement issued by Camp Pendleton.

I paraphrase it this way as a message for the troops from the Corps brass: if there is any question about who's life is more important, choose yours.

This has been the way of warfare, or for that matter, nature, for millions of years. I thought liberals usually favored Darwinism over creationism.

I guess that was until they got to see Darwinism at work.