Catfish, US forces were in fact on the ground. they show up in that very video. The photog seems to look around the corner to take a pic. Perhaps he hopes to get a Pulitzer shot in a few moments when the RPG toting guys with him engage those ground forces?
This war is actually characterized (particular the Petraeus period) by US forces being in the community walking the streets (at grave risk). These air assets fired on a group that included men with RPGs. Did they need to be dragging a howitzer to be targets?
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