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RB, of course it's wrong to intentionally mow down civilians. I don't think anyone here is saying that it is. What many of us are say, though, is that it is impossible for anyone here to whether or not this was intentional. You seem to be operating under the misguided delusion that all soldiers want to kill everything in front of them - that's far from the case, and we've had actual combat veterans tell you otherwise.
If someone who was on patrol (as a duo) with Pat Tillman 3 hours before can mow him down with a SAW from 60M because he didn't recognize him as a friendly and bullets were already flying, what makes you think that these guys are somehow better than normal human beings?
You need to recognize that you're trying to hold these guys to the "way it should be" standard, not the "way it is" standard. Yes, in a perfect world, no civilians would be shot, but when someone is multitasking with armory, folks get hurt. The point is to do it to them before they do it to you.
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