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Except as the video makes clear, the "really big American gun" was more than a few blocks away from where the bodies were, which was a densely populated neighborhood. Whatever you think about the initial shooting, shooting the van is pretty indefensible.

And the whole "I'm more of a man because I care less" attitude in this thread is bullshit. As is the whole "I'm a manly man, therefore only I can judge the morality of anything."

Lots of people around the world live in places where violent deaths on a per capita basis (not to mention an absolute basis) far, far outstrips anything American troops have faced in over 60 years. Lots of people actually go to these places to try to help a bit. And the funny thing is that these people don't become indifferent to random killings. If you think it's tough being a serviceman, try being on the other side of those guns for a bit. Not everyone who has seen crap or even been subjected to crap in their lives becomes a moral relativist.

Edit: of course, the moral relativism would probably disappear if the video was of someone else doing that to Americans.