I don't give a tinker's damn if they were convicted serial killers -- you DON'T mutilate bodies, you DON'T drag them through town!

Yes, I know it's done. It has been done for a very, very long time. That doesn't make it either moral OR ethical. Kill someone in battle, kill someone by sniping or ambush -- that's the risks you take in combat. And if you are in a zone of active combat, such as Iraq, it's possible you will be wounded or killed.

Beyond that, to me, is beyond the Pale. Were I there, I know what I would do, my individual actions.

Years back, during the 'Nam Time, I was called a mercenary. I quoted Houseman back.