I didn't say I wouldn't hesitate to shoot a child, I said "shouldn't". He hesitated, and the result was that he still had to kill the child later, and he almost died himself. And had he himself died, then those children would've gone on to kill more soldiers some other day. I would probably hesistate too, and I'd be wrong to do it. What if the child was shooting not at you, but at your wife/husband? Your parents? Your children? I think I might not hesistate at all, in that circumstance. But who knows.

[qq]Iraq with Saddam was crap, sure, but at least they didn't get daily terrorist attacks.[/qq]

You'd prefer hundreds of thousands of people being killed by Saddam, along with daily torture sessions and most of the country in a state of constant poverty and fear, than having a few terrorist attacks? OK, sure.