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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
There's a couple of things that we're not really talking about here.
They were clearly on an anti-insurgency mission, they had spotted men carrying AK-47's and RPG's. A few minutes into the tape they mention that one member of the party was firing. Rules of engagement at that point are probably pretty clear.
The problem with fighting this kind of war is that its impossible to seperate enemy insurgents from civillians since there are no uniforms. Once they spotted the weapons at their objectives, once they reported shooting, the men on the grounds fates were sealed.
Then the van shows up to pick up bodies and as soon as they start collecting weapons they become pretty suspicious. and the pilots request and receive permission to fire.
It is a goddamned awful thing to watch, but I understand the actions behind it.
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Except there was only one weapon that I could see. The other guys had cameras that they thought were weapons.
Furthermore, you are either mistaken or completely making up the thing about the guys on the ground firing first. They identify the guy with an RPG, they say he was readying to fire (it didn't look like he was at all), then they just arbitrarily say "yeah we had a guy shooting". There is no evidence of any shots fired in the video nor does the guy with the RPG even attempt to fire his weapon.