Do Soldiers Fight for a Cause?

[William F. Owen]

I am not so sure, Wilf could probably give a clearer answer on that (or we may debate it angrily…), but as far as I know this is not against Geneva conventions as long as you have a lawful target. As far as I know targeted killing of combatants are not illegal and never were.

I am in no way qualified to answer the question as to legality. JMM has got to be the man on that one.

I would also suggest that sometimes, you need to kill more than just combatants. Political leaderships being one, and unarmed (woman with a cell-phone) reconnaissance being another.