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It really is impossible to know what was going through this Marine's mind. He could have thought he was in danger, perhaps he just freaked out. I don't think you can expect to not have events like this seing what these men and women have to endure.
I'm much more concerned when there is a leadership failure that shows a policy is being condoned (or overlooked) that isn't American. The whole Abu Grahib thing is an ugly stain that starts at the Pentagon and ends with a few Guardsmen scapegoats.
The incident with the Marine clearly is different. There's a very fuzzy line between killing someone in defense and murder when you're in a hostile environment. Unless someone can prove he really had no reason to believe there was any danger and he did it just for the hell of it...they'll probably cut him some slack.
-spence
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