"thinks that the only people that you are allowed in a combat zone are people that pose a direct threat to you personally"

No - that's what Teribus seems to think... if you didn't, then you wouldn't believe in "Kill them all - let God sort them out".

"They WERE THERE to scout out in advance the ground through which US Troops were going to patrol and take-out any opposition"

By begging dying people to touch a gun so they could shoot them again? :-)

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about My Lai (Big difference between My Lai and the incident under discussion Fool is that My Lai concerned unlawful commands which those concerned should have refused to obey. This incident took placed in accordance with ROE in place at the time and in full view and knowledge of both Helo crews and their controller).
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So if the local Sheriff tells his posse to murder someone, then they should obey - he IS the law.... the looney bloodthirsty video game trained pilots DELIBERATELY MISLED their 'controllers' to bully them in giving the order to commit murder on unarmed people - that's what the video shows, and that's why the military tried to hide the evidence.