4 US troops facing death penalty re Iraq killings. Anyone believe they were ORDERED to kill by higher ups?

Question

There's no "front line." The "battlefield "is "everywhere." The enemy is just around the corner. His fellow enemy is squirreling about in a marketplace. They wear these "long blankets." No one knows what is beneath them .....Just a few descriptions of "Life in Iraq, 2006"....But the defendants say they were ORDERED to kill several Iraqi males.That they were just "following orders".......
just wondering....

Answer 1

Doesn't matter whether they were ordered to or not ... they did it, and knew better than to follow an unlawful order. If the order was actually given, then they need to tell their prosecuters a name so that person can sit there with them and answer for his crimes. No name, then its just the age old adage of trying to get out of something because you know your going to have yer butt handed to you.

Answer 2

Whether they were ordered to kill those men or not, if they were unarmed they had the right and duty to disobey orders. They were there to protect the innocent, not kill them. I hope they have public courts martial to make people understand that civilians are not a target in war. When Canadian troops killed an unarmed civilian, the soldiers involved were sent to prison for life, and the whole company was disbanded and split up.

Answer 3

I do not believe the orders were to kill innocent people. They may have been ordered to shoot first and ask questions later if there is any doubt of their safety. I personally prefer seeing terrorist bodies than American ones. The media has no right to try them on TV.

Answer 4

I cant believe that AMERICAN'S can face the death penalty for killing some low life Iraqis. If i was on the jury i would acquit in a heart beat. These ppl dont even deserve to go to jail. They are fighting for our country.... If a Iraqi killed an American for whatever reason they would just get away with it

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I am a Vietnam Vet. To me they was giving the order to kill and now the person who give that order trying to get out of it.But most of those upper class people don't think about them killing our men and it ok.

Answer 7

Most Likely.

It is the job of those soldiers to do what they are told, and nothing they aren't.... they train for a long time to make sure they've got em just right...

They did what they were told.

Answer 8

I think you were ordered to ask this ridiculous question by your higher ups.

LATER:
On second reading this question appears reasonable since it mirrors the soldiers' defense.

Answer 9

I don't believe it for a second. I mean, how come they're the ONLY four who received those orders? They aren't that special.

Answer 10

I'm cynical enough at this point to accept the possibility-- just don't know if it holds in this case. Don't trust any mainstream info. these days.