Your respect is misplaced when it comes to Gallagher.
You probably would have supported Lt Calley when he murdered a whole village during Vietnam and was charged with a crime.
There is a clear line in war. All too often though its grey like the fog that surrounds it and you have to make a quick judgment call.
If someone commits a war crime, I agree, throw the book at that man and make sure he pays.
The problem is when JAGs and armchair bureaucrats second guess calls that might have been perfectly reasonable at the time.
And with grey area calls, I tend to give the people who were on the front line the benefit of the doubt.
It has to be established beyond a reasonable doubt it wasn’t and in fact a war crime was committed.