[tomxtr]

Plenty of Americans have died due to friendly fire. People are upset and want to find out what went wrong, but they rarely call for the soldiers or marines heads. The reason? Accidents happen. The overwhelming majority of troops are Americans, so they will, by virtue of simple probability, be involved in these incidents.

If you think for one second that the soldiers involved knew the parties involved were not a threat and shot anyway, you're nuts.

You can bet your ass I'd be a little trigger happy if I were in Iraq. Its a matter of self-preservation not some American power trip. Add to that the fact that most of the soldiers are young guys who have probably heard about or seen first-hand what can happen if you let your guard down.

Let those among you who have not TK'd accidentally cast the first stone.