Iraq Mai Lai

[Undertoad]

I don't know exactly what the psychology of the Marines (not soldiers) was in this case; neither do you, and neither does the Times for that matter. They and you are drawing the narrative based on anonymous quotes.

Making leaps without understanding is part of hammering the narrative.

However, I'll go ahead and guess that the psychology of a team of Marines hit by a roadside bomb is far different from the psychology of a unit that massacres an entire village.