I'm shocked at how the media is mishandling the flap over a Marine who shot an Iraqi terrorist in Falluja. This statement from CNS News is pretty much representative of the way most media outlets are reporting the story:

The U.S. military is investigating whether a wounded, unarmed Iraqi insurgent was shot in the head at close range by a U.S. Marine on Saturday.

There is no doubt the Iraqi terrorist was shot in the head. It was on video. What is in doubt is whether or not the terrorist was even alive. If he was still alive, how wounded was he, and what were his motives. These questions may never be answered.

But one thing we know for sure is that this terrorist won't be killing any more American troops.

Following up on something I asked yesterday, unbeknownst to me at the time, Chris Matthews had already levied the 'war crimes' charge against our Marines. Also note how Chris characterizes the terrorists in Falluja.

Well, let me ask you about this. If this were the other side, and we were watching an enemy soldier, a rival--I mean, they're not bad guys, especially--just people that disagree with it. They're in fact the insurgents fighting us in their country.

If we saw one of them do what we saw our guy do to that guy, would we consider that worthy of a war crimes charge?

One man's Saudi/Jordanian/Syrian/Iraqi terrorist beheading civilians and shooting women in the head is another man's freedom fighter. (If fire fighters fight fire, and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?)