I assume the issue is...why did he receive a silver star for this? Do soldiers get silver stars every time they kill the enemy? Don't think so.
Does this matter? Armed combatant fleeing can turn fast and fire at you. In the movies the hero waits for the bad guy to turn and take aim. Was this the real deal or Kerry's Super 8 reenactment?
Question:
Since Kerry himself admitted to these atrocities, and broke the Geneva Convention....where was his trial???
I think that Kerry is a lifetime fraud; but I don't have a problem with him shooting a VC in the back. Shoot them in the back, shoot them while they sleep...just shoot them. It was war.