[xzins]

You’ve got to wonder why any Marine lawyer looking at the facts of this case would ever recommend charges that would total 40 years.

At worst, this is a battlefield mistake.

There is no doubt that a sniper team in the field MUST consider itself in contact with the enemy.

[Girlene]

At worst, this is a battlefield mistake.

Agree. Could have been the Syrians were in the wrong place at the wrong time making all the wrong moves in front of snipers expecting IED activity. The sniper team's radio wasn't working....the leader on the scene made a decision. Wonder what the Marine Corps was thinking when these charges were approved to go to an Article 32.