I'm not going to take a news media report at face value and damn commanders in the field for something they may or may not have done, deliberately or not. That's knee jerking and solves nothing.
You obviously have a lot more knowledge of commanders and the UCMJ. When I think of UCMJ, I think of Haditha.
Question: where in my previous posts am I suggesting to damn the commanders on an unfounded proposition?
I do believe that orders (ie ROE) that prevent self defense on the part of the soldiers are immoral and against natural law.