In 1864 our military was allowed to shoot before being shot at too. We need to take the restrictions off of our troops. Seems like when our military goes to that region, they are controlled by others. Such as the first Iraq war.....our troops couldn't wear the American flag on their uniforms...........stupid and we should thumb our noses at them.
Wasn't it a little different back then? I mean if you ran across a group of armed men, in enemy uniforms, with enemy flags, it was a pretty good guess they were the enemy. How do you compare that to anything in an Iraqi city?