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I totally agree with you. My understanding is that another group of Marines had been there the day before and did the fighting, this group was there to "mop up", I take that to mean to clean up that area. When they entered the building this was what they found. I would guess they expected to find only dead there but to look for others who may have moved back in over night. What I don't understand was why any wounded were left there, but if Marines weren't close behind to move out the wounded the first fighting group can't take time to do that. Do we leave wounded terrorists behind to just die, or other terrorists to get them to maybe heal and fight another day, or do we send troops in to somehow "Mop up" and what exactly does that mean?

"do we send troops in to somehow "Mop up" and what exactly does that mean?..........

Good question. To me, that means take out the trash!

I am not in this Marines boots nor the boots of his command so I do not second guess them in any way. I think they know what they are doing. 99% of us would have probably done the same as this Marine did. It is a lot easier for the Old Media to second guess this guy then acknowledge the fact that he more then likely saved not just the lives of other soldiers but the lives of their embedded reporters!