Sherman : Egyptian urinating on Marines corpses shames the Dover , outrages world . It violates military conduct , she said , also the moral duty to show respect toward the dead . Nancy Sherman : Desecration of bodies in war is nothing new , but was disdained even in antiquity . Military leaders must cultivate empathy in troops for families of the slain , she writes .
Nancy Sherman : Marines urinating on Taliban corpses shames the U.S. , outrages world . It violates military conduct , she said , also the moral duty to show respect toward the dead . Sherman : Desecration of bodies in war is nothing new , but was disdained even in antiquity . Military leaders must cultivate empathy in troops for families of the slain , she writes .