Dear Samuel —
Marines are supposed to kill people in war. The decision about the justness of a war belongs to the Commander-in-Chief and the Congress.
Unless a soldier knows that he is committing a war crime, like:
- killing a non-combatant on purpose, or
- killing the captured
there is no crime of which to repent.
The aim of a soldier in killing a combatant is, not the man's death but, the prevention of the harm the combatant seeks to do.
Mary Ann
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