@Lonewolf
Your post is a perfect example of what leads so many less enlightened souls around the globe to despise the US.
Your explanation of the 'different logic chain' is spot on and I am sure you were/are a consummate professional in the employment of Air Power.
However, the crass lack of compassion, even used for effect to slap down the uninformed, is just so wrong.
If just an isolated post on a forum, it matters not a jot; but that underlying mindset, IMHO, runs deeps throughout the US military and makes 'winning the 'peace' so much more of a challenge.
PS. In no way am I having a dig at the JTAC or crew involved, who I'm sure are having a hard time regardless of how perfectly they tried to follow RoE in the heat of the fight.