And by using “protected” sites to conduct combat ops, they removed the protective status and the target can be hit. . all in accordance with the Law of Armed Conflict.
Oh, and how do you KNOW they were civilians? The don’t wear a uniform, they don’t have any standards of dress, weapons or behavior, and by the time the “investigators” arrive (anti-American UN-types), all weapons will be gone.
I totally agree. We had all of those problems in Iraq and in Afghanistan. I watched a man drop a weapon before capture by the Marines and swear to Allah that he had never seen that weapon before.
Raised from a child to lie first, then think if he wanted to tell the truth.