Here’s my guess how this unspeakable massacre was done. The perpetrator put his gun to one of the American’s head and threatened to shoot unless everyone disarmed themselves NOW.
Appreciate all the armchair “they’ll never take me alive” cowboys on this thread. Question: what would YOU do, faced with seeing your buddy shot point blank?
I suspect the terrible sight of seeing their comrade in mortal danger caused them to hesitate until it was too late.
Point #1 on the Rules of Engagement should be that all U.S. service personnal carry weapons locked and loaded at all time - even on “secure” bases, and never NEVER trust the so-called “friendlies.”
My apologies for the multiple posts!