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I understand all the empathizing with the gunner's position that goes on here. The problem, of course, is that that is only one position that is being empathized with.
Given all the tough guy talk that goes around here ("they are asking for my ethnicity on the census form? let's revolt") I'd imagine how these people would react to living under the conditions these Iraqis live in (and are apparently guilty of their own deaths whenever someone else gets trigger happy).
Personally, the US casualty-to-civilian-casualty ratio is such that I think more hesitation in these "him or me" scenarios is needed. That or let's drop the "we're the good guys" act.
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