AFGHANISTAN — A Special Forces soldier engaged in an ambush in eastern Afghanistan today mulled over the complex issues surrounding the current conflict and his own moral responsibility in it while shooting a young Taliban insurgent in the face, sources confirmed.
The surreal nature of the confrontation triggered a philosophical dialogue within Staff Sgt. Emile Kyle, who was on a routine training mission with a local militia when his team came under fire from multiple locations. After coming upon a lone gunman, Kyle hit the insurgent with a buttstroke to the face and stood over the prostrate man.
"Surely there are rules against this type of activity?" Kyle reportedly told himself, then adding: "In a vacuum, this type of conduct would never be justified. Yet, here I am. Not only is it considered acceptable for me to put a 5.56 into his brain, its encouraged. Why is this?"
"If you raise that weapon, I'll shoot you in the fucking face!" Kyle then screamed.
