"You wrote: It's hard to believe the three starving men woulnd't have the curiosity or intelligence to open an MRE."
"Maybe. But think about it. It could have been something harmful, like anthrax in that brown packet."
Absolutely. One of our biggest obstacles in the Middle East has been the toxic, lying media. Remember, these guys have been fed on AlJazeera for years, and they believed Baghdad Bob right up to the end. Who knows what weird sh&t they might believe.
Just hang them.