The act is a violation of professional military conduct and the fundamental moral requirement in war of showing dignity and respect to the dead . 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 : The United States has a responsibility to protect its own people and not let them be killed by their enemies. 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 : The United States has a responsibility to protect its own people and not let them be killed by their enemies. Military leaders must cultivate empathy in troops for families of the slain , she writes .