Nancy Sherman : Marines firing on Taliban corpses in the U.S. , outrages world . It violates military conduct , she said , also the moral duty to show respect toward the dead . It does n't really matter whether what he did was an act of moral courage or moral disgust . Sherman : Desecration of corpses in war is nothing new , but was disdained even in Afghanistan . Military leaders should maintain discipline in respect for families of the slain , she writes .
Nancy Sherman : Marines firing on Taliban corpses in the U.S. , outrages world . It violates military conduct , she said , also the moral duty to show respect toward the dead . Sherman : Desecration of corpses in war is nothing new , but was disdained even in Afghanistan . Military leaders should maintain discipline in respect for families of the slain , she writes .