“Those men are wounded and need our help,” he said. “And they’ll get it,” Bill said calmly, “as soon as air support arrives.” “By then it will be too late,” Pinkter said, the flush on his neck growing. “Some of those men won’t make it.” Tim spoke next. “Sir, all due respect, but if we lose our medical team, we’ll lose a whole lot more, present and future, than the soldiers you’re trying to save.”
Moral question: How many lives should be risked to save one life?
