[Grizzled Bear]

do not blame Hourrachi, he was a sniper that was following his instructions. His superiors are guilty of murder. They issued the orders and rules of engagement.

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That argument didn't work at the Nurenberg (sp) trials. It does not work here either.

I have refused to follow orders that were ill advised. Fortunately; I usually had support higher up on the chain of command

[taxed2death]

I applaud you. It must be a hell of a bad situation to have been in.
One must remember that one still has to answer to "the big guy" upstairs. War sucks. Killing sucks... but there must still be some (moral) rules. Whacking innocents has happened in the past and will unfortunately continue to happen.
I REALLY feel for our soldiers who defend outposts / traffic stops over in Iraq. They just have to go with a gut feeling and rely on instinct as to whether to smoke a car full of civilians or not.... on a daily basis. Sure one can try to rationalize "it's me or them"... but it still has to be a damned terrible feeling if you just greased a car full of civilians women / kids. My heart goes out to the professional soldiers and their unfortunate "victims".