I spent a lot of time crossing the Ashaki Canal around Balad where the captives were shot, and used to delude myself that I was wondering "What would I have done?"

The truth is so thoroughly captured in Bill Moore's comment:

"We're putting our Soldiers and Marines in a situation where the law overrides common sense, which is as wrong as wrong can get. Our civilian leadership should address this as a crisis that needs to be resolved with a sense of urgency."

Steve