Quote Originally Posted by Koga No Goshi View Post
Uh, I wasn't say they didn't have a code. I was laying out why having a code is important, and contrasting to why Blackwater and private contractors not having one like the U.S. military is not a good thing.
Then I misread the statement, to mean that you thought more regulation was needed.


I agree calling the troops murderers would not be accurate. I did however share his disagreement with Kukri that they COULDN'T commit murder. Killing the enemy and killing unarmed women are not the same thing and of course, the existing code already recognizes this. For soldiers in uniform, at least.
Soldiers indeed have been charged with unlawful killings in Iraq. Now I dont know if the military went as far as charging them with murder, but charges indeed have been filed and individuals convicted in a Courts Martial.