Maybe it's just me, but common sense kinda tells me that it is *NOT* ok use bait for civilians - or even insurgents.

We technically are not in a war in Iraq. We are not fighting the Iraq Army. We are there to keep the peace and to defend US interests.

Even a grunt on the ground should have figured out that if you kill a civilian, your gonna be in deep doo doo.

OTOH, the kid was probably just following bogus orders. I highly doubt the real truth as to who really gave that order will ever come to light.

Always easier to just toss the grunt in jail and toss the key than to implicate and put on trial higher authorities.