You do understand the term “engagement” as applied to rules of?
If you are fired upon you may engage that target with deadly force meaning that they did not need to identify who was firing at them, only that they were being fired upon.
Since they had already been ambushed and were being fired upon to do anything less then fight back would have been suicidal.
No One was surrendering.
“Since they had already been ambushed and were being fired upon to do anything less then fight back would have been suicidal.”
You’re not looking at the details are you ? Wuterich, in his FIRST combat experience, says he BELIEVED he was being fired upon. He dosen’t say anyone WAS being fired upon.
I don’t believe that anyone so far has testified that they were fired upon.
From - http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2937547520070831?pageNumber=2
“At the next house, Mendoza said, Wuterich knocked on the front door and said, “Just wait until he opens the door and shoot.” Knock on the front door of a house where you believe you are being “engaged” from ?
By his own words ... he shot first, now it’s later and the questions are being asked.