[Smoote]

I certainly can't tell from the video whether the French troops were receiving fire from somewhere or not. Certainly the firing went on long enough to lead me to believe that they were.

No one in the crowd that I saw carried a weapon. But that doesn't mean anything really. I can envision a situation where the French troops are surrounded by the crowd as they were when they start receiving incoming small arms fire from somewhere. Their impulsive reaction will be fire at wherever their instincts tell them the shots come from. That very same thing has happened to our boys in Iraq - on much smaller scale thank God.

A sad situation but it may just be one of the realities of modern warfare. If it happened as I outlined above then I would not charge the French troops with anything anymore than I would charge our guys who have also found themselves in such a situation before.

[BigRedState]

Im sorry.. even with edits.... you cant see a single person with a gun.. nothing.. the people laying on the ground are civillans.. you dont see militans or people with guns on the ground.. you see women and children... people crying! Where do you see the threat? DO you really think someone with a AK47 would shoot at a tank??

[FreedomCalls]

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