Insurgents controlled the population. They beheaded people they didn't like in the square on Saturdays mornings. DVDs of the beheading were on sale by the afternoon. It was reported that the kids especially enjoyed the DVDs and preferred them to cartoons.
In brief, our Marines were not taking a ride through Pleasantville, U.S.A. where old people and kids are harmless.
I truly believe that this is jihadi porn in the truest sense. Have you ever listened to them chanting "allahu akhbar" (mpigsbuh) as they make a human sacrifice? It honestly sounds as if they are fondling themselves or each other to exstacy as the head comes off, the shot is made or the bomb goes off.
So are you saying it's a bad thing when innocent civilians get killed in this war? Others here feel it's okay (at least when it's our guys doing the killing).
I don't really know what happened at Haditha. I have reasonable faith in military justice, and if our guys are guilty they'll have to pay a price for what they did.