That is the heart of this, Uncle; you've nailed it dead center.
The truth is that even a combat veteran cannot know what was happening in that town on that day. How much less can a civilian, or the media, or military desk jockeys have any idea.
The events, the dangers, the emotions, and the decisions of that day were entrusted into the hands of this young leader, SSG Wuterich. The attempt to recreate that years later is an affront, because it can never encompass everything that needs to be factored in. For example, I've not seen one report yet that attempted to focus on the daylong battle that was going on all around this one little squad of SSG Wutterich. They paint this as if his action was the only action ongoing that day. But that entire company and battalion was engaged. By the media giving the impression that this house-clearing was all that was happening, the "judges in armchairs" are deceived into thinking this was an isolated incident. It is an ommission of ubsurd proportions; it would be like focusing on one squad on D-Day and pretending nothing else was going on around them that had any impact on them.
May the good Lord help the leaders: SSG Wutterich, LTC Chessani, Cpt McConnell, and the others. They were called to make split second decisions as part of a larger operation and purpose, and very few media outlets are allowing that larger operation and purpose to be seen.
Well stated.