

A classified Pentagon review later concluded the killings were justified under the rules of engagement, the report said.
This is just adding insult to injury “yeah we invaded a foreign country who has never done any harm to us and gunned down a group of random bystanders but you can’t get mad at us because we wrote a piece of paper saying that we’re allowed to do it”
It seems like a combination of racism (I bet they wouldn’t get worked up over two Norwegians communicating in their native language) and petty managerial tyranny.