I mean I'm not entirely unsympathetic - whatever you think of the war in Iraq it must be pretty fucking terrifying to be out there every day and the threat of a suicide bombing is obviously a very real one they'll be on the look out for at all times.

But shooting an elderly, deaf and mentally disabled man with a broken arm probably isn't the best PR move ever:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7268645.stm