I think that's what I said.
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Originally Posted by
William F. Owen
...and that all being the case, how does the distinction between Insurgency and Civil War help?
Child and Woman soldiers occur in both regular and irregular forces. The deliberate targeting of civilians has always been a crime, but no Air Force Commander in the 20th or 21st Century was ever prosecuted.
War is war.
I just bothered to add some additional insights as how to move forward from our current policies to those that are more feasible.
If PFC Smith is looking over the sights of his M240 at said vehicle in a situation where it is a threat to him, his comrades, and/or his mission (which would be most circumstances), he has all of the probable cause he needs to take it out. The fact that later a woman is found on board is moot. She had accomplice liability by her very presence if there of her own free will; and if there against her will, virtually every culture would see it as an unfortunate case of "s$%# happens", and not assess condemnation on the soldier or his cause. We agree on this I think.
Where we depart is as one expands from the single firefight out to a broader perspective on the conflict as a whole. I would never dream to say we concur there!