Royal Marines

 It is very sad that a soldier in the Royal Marines has been found guilty of murder, I do not condone his actions but I feel that a bit of common sense has to be used here, we expect these me to go out day after day placing their lives at risk, what must it be like to be out on patrol and not know where or when you might be attacked, death can be anywhere that you are, will you survive this or any other patrol, your best friend might have been killed (seven were on this detachment), so what frame o0f mind are these men in??, they have one of the enemy in their hands so what do you do?, do you give first aid? do not forget he is the enemy he has been trying to kill you and your mates, so trying to put my self in the frame of mind these men were in I believe that I would not have given a dam  as to what happened to him, as an ex soldier I understand  just what drives these men, and understand the   comradeship that exists, so in the heat of the moment to kill him would be a logical answer to these soldiers, it must be remembered that during world war 1 and 2 soldiers were told not to take prisoners!!, had this been the expectations of the officers of the HQ ??, you do not want prisoners they are more trouble than they are worth, you have to feed them look after them and need to deploy men to guard them, so what was the reality of the situation when they went out?, what were they told?, and what was the mental condition of these men?, yes the Sargent who did actually carry out the killing has been found guilty, that is the end of his career and he will go to prison, but should we not show at least a little mercy to him Life in prison is not an acceptable sentence for him a set 5 years would be better and show that we at least understand why he did it, this court action will now polarise the soldiers they will have to think twice as to what they are doing, at a  time when you need to act without thought, so will this cause the deaths of more of our servicemen?, I think it just might, and finally, it would have been far better if they had held this court action in camera rather than allowing the media splash it all over the world.