A couple of points. First, Iraq is NOT a war zone. Just because you have lots of soldiers running around and a few random terrorist bombings it does not constit

A couple of points. First, Iraq is NOT a war zone. Just because you have lots of soldiers running around and a few random terrorist bombings it does not constitute a "war". The war ended in 2003. Secondly, even if it was a war soldiers are expected to follow basic rules like "don't kill people for no reason". Third, there's no indication that anyone's life was being threatened. The only people who's survival was being threatened were one the ground. Certainly there was no threat to the crew of the helicopters who were standing well away from the ground.