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Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich was charged with 12 counts of murdering individuals and one count of murdering six people by ordering Marines under his charge to "shoot first and ask questions later" when they entered a house, according to charging sheets released by defense attorney Neal Puckett.

Puckett said his client is not guilty and acted lawfully.

From what I have seen, Wuterich and the others who participated are about as guilty as can be. When reports of the attack first were in the news there were several well made maps and time-lines which pretty definitively showed that this was a seriously fucked up war crime. There is evidence that men were executed in cold blood. There is evidence that women and children were deliberately targeted. There is evidence that the marines went from house to house systematically shooting everyone they encountered, including a three year old girl and several other children.

Yet these marines still have widespread support in the Camp Pendelton community. What's up with that? It's not the kind of reaction you expect towards people who have murdered children.