From Colin Powell's autobiography:

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"I recall a phrase we used in the field, MAM, for military-age male," Powell wrote. "If a helo spotted a peasant in black pajamas who looked remotely suspicious, a possible MAM, the pilot would circle and fire in front of him. If he moved, his movement was judged evidence of hostile intent, and the next burst was not in front, but at him. Brutal? Maybe so. But an able battalion commander with whom I had served at Gelnhausen (West Germany), Lt. Col. Walter Pritchard, was killed by enemy sniper fire while observing MAMs from a helicopter. And Pritchard was only one of many. The kill-or-be-killed nature of combat tends to dull fine perceptions of right and wrong."

That the kind of civilian-targeting WAR CRIME yer talkin' about? Howzabout the firebombing of residential areas of Dresden and Tokyo during WWII? Weren't those WAR CRIMES too?

And of course America doesn't restrict her atrocities to wartime.

Throughout the world, on any given day, a man, woman or child is likely to be displaced, tortured, killed or "disappeared", at the hands of governments or armed political groups. More often than not, the United States shares the blame." -- Amnesty International, in its annual report on U.S. military aid and human rights

Republicans taking umbrage is always funny.

"They killed Kenny!"

"You bastards!"