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Pacifier, it's so easy to blame these guys. Of course they should have stopped the Afghan troops from doing this. But how exactly?
Of course the northern alliance is just as bad as the taliban (as if!), but who elso would you pick as an ally?
Of course following orders is no excuse, but how do you stop it if you're all alone? For German soldiers, not following orders was reason enough to be executed. For these special forces, it would have been enough to get murdered, and/or to upset the delicate alliance the US has there.
The world isn't black and white, just lots of shades of grey. In theory, we shouldn't cooperate with people that do bad things. In reality, we often have no choice. More often than not, *both* sides in a conflict are "evil". To stop such a conflict, one side has to win, and this had better be the lesser of the two evils. (As is the case in Afghanistan.)
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