From what I can see there was two guys carrying something that looked like AK47's, and they were correctly interpreted as AK47's by the US soldiers (although one of the AK47's seems longer than it should, maybe that's an RPG?). But the whole incident seems to have been sparked by them mistakenly spotting cameras as being RPGs, the decision to engage was based on the RPGs (cameras), not the AK47's.
We can criticize them for mistaking cameras for RPGs, but if we imagine for a second that they were in fact RPGs, because that's clearly what the US soldiers thought, the question is was it still wrong by them to engage the group and how they did it.
Assuming their orders were "you can engage any unauthorized groups of people carrying multiple guns as long as collateral damage is kept to a minimum" then I think it was right to engage. Their actions when the van arrives though, that's harder to judge, I'm leaning towards it being wrong to engage the van since they were only gonna pick up wounded.
I dont have a big problem with their ruff talk. It's not pleasant, and sure they lack respect for human life, but many soldiers all over the world who are in active service in conflict areas have the same attitude and talk like that. It's mostly psychology and pep talk.
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