From an American stationed in Iraq in response to that Zaitchik guy I linked to this morning:

Anger sharks are swimming!!! That guy reminds me of some of the reporters who would buy a new set of khakis, show up in Iraq, and ask some the dumbest questions I’ve ever heard. One of my responsibilities in our operations center was giving them a brief overview and “entertaining” them until the brigade commander talked to them. The San Francisco Chronicle team was my favorite (“Do you derive any pleasure from killing Iraqis?”). The British
papers were a close second.
Back to Zaitchik. Snipers targeting children? really? this guy objectively
believes that? Snipers lining up little six year old girls in their sights
and squeezing one off? Nice, guy. If a civilian is killed, it’s an accident
and we make restitution with the family. It’s an unfortunate effect of war.
If our soldiers are guilty of war crimes or some other violation of the
uniform code of military justice, they’re prosecuted. For example, the
marine who tapped the guy in the mosque will have to give an account for his
actions. That’s what a just society does.