Civilians get killed in war, that is understood. But there is a difference between targeting and killing them, and the unavoidable reality that some will get caught up in firefight.
https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/trump-expected-to-pardon-navy-seal-accused-of-war-crimes/
According to the Times, the president might also pardon Army Green Beret Mathew Golsteyn, who was accused of killing an unarmed civilian; Nicholas Slatten, a former Blackwater guard found guilty of shooting dozens of unarmed Iraqis; and a group of Marine snipers accused of defiling a dead Taliban fighter’s corpse.
I am somewhat sympathetic to Golsteyn...his situation was a difficult one and his record had many good points, but the military has its own strict boards and rules and they exist for a reason.
Nicholas Slatten on the other hand.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...dfd0e0dd65a_story.html?utm_term=.58353655e006
This man’s actions are exactly why private contractors (aka mercenaries) should not be there.