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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8243757" data-attributes="member: 15700">As someone who spent all six years of my service overseas, with some of that in a combat zone and having lost 3 of my friends along the way, yeah, this is clear cut murder.&nbsp; And the antithesis of everything the original Cap stood for as Captain America.&nbsp; But even aside from that, legally it's murder.&nbsp; Assuming the US is not at war with that country, it's not even an enemy combatant, so that raises a whole bunch of issues.&nbsp; And it was on camera and broadcasted to the world, so no cover ups.&nbsp; As I mentioned up thread, the rules of engagement for the military are actually quite strict.&nbsp; Even if this person was considered a terrorist, you cannot kill a prisoner, which is what he was the minute he surrendered.&nbsp; That's not even addressing the issue if Capt even had authority to arrest him in the first place in that country.So yes, in a TV show that clearly loves their moral grey areas, you can almost feel sorry for Walker because he meant well, and was a war hero, and most likely had a ton of PTSD stuff going on, but that only means they shouldn't have pumped serum into a PTSD vet (what did they think was going to happen with how it amplifies personality traits?).&nbsp; But it doesn't excuse how this was outright murder from a legal standpoint.&nbsp; I'm assuming Cap doesn't have diplomatic immunity based on Civil War plot lines.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8243757, member: 15700"] As someone who spent all six years of my service overseas, with some of that in a combat zone and having lost 3 of my friends along the way, yeah, this is clear cut murder. And the antithesis of everything the original Cap stood for as Captain America. But even aside from that, legally it's murder. Assuming the US is not at war with that country, it's not even an enemy combatant, so that raises a whole bunch of issues. And it was on camera and broadcasted to the world, so no cover ups. As I mentioned up thread, the rules of engagement for the military are actually quite strict. Even if this person was considered a terrorist, you cannot kill a prisoner, which is what he was the minute he surrendered. That's not even addressing the issue if Capt even had authority to arrest him in the first place in that country. So yes, in a TV show that clearly loves their moral grey areas, you can almost feel sorry for Walker because he meant well, and was a war hero, and most likely had a ton of PTSD stuff going on, but that only means they shouldn't have pumped serum into a PTSD vet (what did they think was going to happen with how it amplifies personality traits?). But it doesn't excuse how this was outright murder from a legal standpoint. I'm assuming Cap doesn't have diplomatic immunity based on Civil War plot lines. [/QUOTE]

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