[Usesdiums]

I was thinking about this, today (my mind wanders), and I'm wondering what people think about it. Please don't be side-tracked about the current theaters and the politics involved. This is a generic combat setting.

War is said to be hell and all that and many times you are put in a situation where it's kill or be killed. That's more understandable, yes? You are out on patrol or troop movement and you encounter the enemy. You kill them before they kill you. It's almost like a grand scale battle of self-defense.

Not so much if they signed up for it. In that case, it's as much self-defense as the case of a bank robber shooting an armed security guard that tries to stop him.