Yesterday I shot and killed two pigeons and two rabbits, am I murderer
One of the rabbits didn't die with a pellet in it's head I had to break its neck and it yelped. Oh lawd, I'm a cold hearted killer.
BTW if a soldier is given permission to shoot to kill, then they are breaking no laws, they have so to speak "a license to kill".
Iraq is as much as defence mission now as it is was offensive one. The Americans would have gone without us, and the civilians need protection from militants and freedom fighters. Wiithout us many would have died at the hands of the Iraqi militant groups. Same goes for Germany, South Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan and wherever else we currently have soldiers deployed.