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Originally Posted by flip
The bolded part is important for a few reasons I think.
Who gave permission? Somebody who could see what they saw? Someone who was going by their reports of 8 insurgents with weapons?
If they relayed incorrect info, even if by accident, they may have gotten permission to engage based on false pretenses.
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That's not how it works.
AS much as we like to believe that the commanders in the field are omnipotent and they have all of these high definition screens and satellite images and predator views right in front of them because we see it in the movies. Often they have to rely on the radio communication sitreps from the units in the field.
As soon as they hear the key words armed men the only natural response is to order engagement.
Plus looking at the videos, and even the paused stuff posted earlier, I think that the pilots did see armed men. The video might not have seen shots, however the camera is a different view from the gunner and the pilot so we don't know.