Probably true - the sort of argument that I would expect from highly qualified and honorable military prosecutors in a court marshall.
It is great that HERE we can debate reasonable possibilities in a public forum. However, I can't help but notice the driving forum, i.e. public discourse in the MSM, seems to push everyone toward a skewed exchange emphasizing an anti-military, anti-war, anti-Bush, liberal-democrat perspective. Hence, in the case of the Haditha action, the media has aired a concocted testimony consisting of hypothesis without rebuttal that is compressed into a hastily formed assertion of atrosity.
Where is the opportunity to hear from, understand and weigh the reports of grunts and NCOs? Where is the presumption of innocence? Without the time to contemplait and weigh ALL the evidence, without the benefit of a jury of peers (Military personnel in a court marshall instead of the psuedo-intellecual, flabby-assed, arrogant, sheltered-life, civilian corp) the premature judgement of the "driving forum" is that of guilt before hearing.
The witness testimoney, the photos from a suspect human rights group, this suspect doctor and the rest, I'm quite certain the military folks on scene were more than a little suspicious. But when that initial report didn't jive with what has apparently since been learned, that likely started the detailed follow-up.