Reese

I have a few issues. I think they did everything right by the book up until the van pulling up. It's unfortunate that they fired on civilians but they did at least (mis)identify AK47s and an RPG. That's a deadly mistake, but it's forgivable, in my opinion. When the van pulled up though, they didn't even bother identifying anything or anyone and fired on them without cause. They may have been within their rules of engagement, but I still disagree with their actions at this point.
The big problem I have is that US officials lied about what exactly happen. Reading the quotes and comparing them to the actual video it's obvious they are intentionally misleading.

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I don't think they were bloodthirsty. They're in a helicopter and they think there's an RPG pointed at them, I'd be begging to let me shoot too.


I also wondered why the hell the video is still so damn shitty. Seriously it's 2010, can we get some HD color displays in those gunships? Seriously though, I would imagine the had a better view than just the video, they could at least look out the damn window.

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