Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
If I can find 30 armed soldiers on the move, away from any population, why should I not attempt to engage and kill all of them? Are you seriously suggesting we should not do this?

If however, I risk killing civilians, or I am not sure as to the identity of those 30 armed men, then I'll seek to conduct operations to clarify their identity, till I can successfully engage them, or consider them not a threat.
Changing one word highlights the sillyness of dividing war simply on what clothes one side decides to wear to battle....