Marine puppy-tossing incident getting nearly as much press as Marine Haditha incident

Here's a representative story from ABC news.

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If authentic, this is pretty sick. If not, this guy is still a jackass. Killing innocent puppies is not going to earn us friends on the world stage, is it.

The title of this post is not totally meant to be flippant. If we are going to put our young military service members into high-stress, high-stakes situations, we'd better be making sure they are as emotionally prepared as they are physically and mentally prepared. The puppy doesn't seem like such a big deal until you think about the line that has been crossed.