That may well be true, but to continue to speculate as you are is not useful to anyone but possibly yourself by putting yourself in a position in the next few days to weeks to be able to say " I told you so ", which is fairly petty and self centered, IMO.
How about just waiting until the reports are in and charges are filed, if applicable, before you strut around like you sh!t doesn't stink, eh?
In other words, ignore Peter Pace, the President, the entire Marine command who are willing to speak anonymously to the media, two Marines who were at the scene shortly afterwards, every single news media source...ignore them all just so you won't be bothered by what everybody else in the entire friggin' world seems to know?
I can't believe how deluded some around here are, and to what lengths you will go to jump down the throats of anybody who is unwilling to bury their heads in the sand right along with you.
I hope and pray that, by some miracle, none of these news reports (in the hundreds by now) are true, and that these Marines did nothing against the rules of engagement, and are cleared of all charges.
But, I see and hear the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs with a long face, and I'm not encouraged.