Questionable Loyalties?

Re: “Afghan Investigators Say U.S. Troops Tried to Cover Up Evidence in Botched Raid” (April 6, 2010)

To the Editor:

Oh my goodness. It is absolutely appalling that people would even consider digging out bullets from the bodies of people they clearly killed. I am shocked disgusted that these accusations were made, and if proven true, committed. With claims like these emerging months after the initial attack (the raid occurred on Feb. 12) it is unclear if these allegations are true. Obviously the American soldiers involved are not going to fess up because they felt the need to hide the deaths in the first place. The only view we have of these events is those of the family members of those killed. It seems that each side is bias and that no true conclusion can be drawn because of the length of time between these two incidents and the bias on both sides.

It seems as though the civilians killed could have been reduced. What was the reasoning behind shooting two pregnant women? What could these women have been doing that was questionable to their political loyalties?