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Originally Posted by The Black Ghost
Well I know this is hypothetical only, but according to international law, only military members in uniform can be killed in a nation at war (excluding collateral damage). Of course history has proved that this thinking can many times be abandoned in the face of terrible war or fear of defeat such as WWII which suffered nearly the greatest casualties in all of history's combined war due to civilian deaths in "total war". In more recent times terrorist attacks such as 9/11 were aimed at killing many and destroying enemy infrastructure to make an economic attack, which in itself is a measure of total war.
But no this is never justified, because although conscription holds citizens to fight, it does not mean all will fight. Also one must take into account women and children who do not fight.
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I think you hit the nail on the head as a few others did, that not all will fullfil what the state sexpects and may not fight.
I also take your point about incidents like WW2 were the rule bookj goes out the window - rightly or wrongly.
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