Apologies I didn't reply to you comment, I didn't notice it, happens when you're voicing unpopular opinions and lots of people want to tell you you're an idiot.

I can tell from your comments you've never been in a firefight and your political leanings.

War has rules of engagement, yes. But both sides have to agree to abide by them. But I can guarantee that in the heat of battle any rules go out the window and survival is all you care about. An emotion afterwards is all there is, especially when you are young and undereducated. You ideals don't mean much.

People seem to think in this thread I'm trying to make excuses for this behaviour. I'm not. I'm providing reasons.

KittenInABox wrote: > This is completely wrong. War has fairly strict rules, actually, more strict > than policemen in the US.

Eh... no. Watch a few clips from Ukraine-Russia war, what those soldiers are doing. The movies are on Reddit. This has nothing to do with any rules, Geneva Conventions or whatever. War rules are only there in order to make people like you happier, but if war happens, they're out of the window.