Yes....however, the Army is now in the cross hairs and Gates is pushing it. Troops are now scared to kill the bad guys. It’s causing a lot more problems than most realize. Bush needs to be made aware of it by what the boots on the ground types are saying/fearing. It’s ridiculous that our troops are scared to do what they’ve been trained to do, today. In both theaters....Rummy would not have allowed this to the degree it’s NOW taking place. Every kill of a bad guy, from what I understand, are all being looked at by JAG.
I really feel terrible for these guys. Can you imagine this crap happening during WW2?
Troops are not scared to kill bad guys. They ARE expected to take reasonable precautions to prevent killing innocent civilians, but regularly kill innocent civilians without punishment because the military legal system understands that mistakes are made in war, and that we cannot expect perfection during split second decisions.
We can and do expect reasonable care be taken to avoid civilian casualties. That has always been true.