How in the HELL can so many of you overlook exactly what Cpl. Perry did, for Christ's sakes? He placed a cigarette in another human being's mouth- and not only that but a human being who was unable to protest because he was friggin dead. And then he placed a sign around this deceased Al Queda fighter's neck, he posed with him, and that would have all been well and good up to that point- but when he LIT THAT CIGARETTE, at that point, IMO, he became a criminal.
You want a war trophy? Great, get one. Victors have been placing heads on pikes, scalping, making ear necklaces or testicle purses at the expense of their defeated for about 400,000 years now, so why should things change just because we have sanitized warfare? But when Cpl. Perry lit that cigarette to pose for the picture he stepped over the line. Tobacco is among the three principle evils mentioned in the Greens party manual along with internal combustion engines and nuclear power.
It is unfortunate Cpl. Perry didn't put a carrot stick in that guy's mouth and hang a sign around his neck saying "Eat your veggies, be healthy, and remember, whenever you start to cry because you're Canadian remember we won the gold medals in Salt Lake City." He would be heralded a hero and be assured a long career in Canadian civil service.
