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I'll freely admit that if I'm on the front lines and there's known insurgent activity and it appears that people with guns are running around, I would adapt a "me or him" mentality. My flag comment was aimed at a much broader scope.
We all know that innocent casualties are a part of war. It's going to happen no matter the war or the agenda. I think the sticking point for most people in this is how the soldiers seemed so blood thirsty. I'm kind of desensitized to it as most of my military friends freely throw around kill stories and degrading comments about the people that inhabit the countries they've been in. Doesn't mean I agree with a lot of what they say, but I think if we as civilians sit here and think that soldiers should react in a way that they are killed or in danger more than they should be, we are doing everyone a great disservice. The true faults of the actions don't fall on the soldier's shoulders (in most cases) but the people who put the soldiers into the situations to begin with. Granted, there are just some things that happen that are the soldiers fault and responsibility but I can't fault them for trying to follow orders or for keeping themselves and their partners safe.
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