US law makes an accomplice equally guilty of the crime; before and after the fact.Why not do the same in war?

Question

Terrorists use the local population to foment attacks on our soldiers with impunity. WHO allows the "jihadists" to plant roadside bombs ? WHO uses religious sites to attack our troops ? The local population are accomplices in these attacks and yet they suffer, not at all. If ALL were treated as though they were active combatants, I believe that there would be a lot less loss of our troops.
A famous Muslim conqueror gave cities 3 days to surrender.
Day 1 The leader would die.

Day 2 ALL the fighters would die.

Day 3 ALL would die.

Tamerlane didn't have too much problem after the first city.

Unfortunately, we (the U.S.) have forgotten how to WIN, and therefore we are doomed to fail.

Answer 1

this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard, we supposedly went to Iraq to liberate Iraqis, not murder them


try thinking first

Answer 2

It's amazing how short a time it took us to go from condemning Hitler for attempted genocide, and advocating genocide ourselves......

And pretty much defines the major issue.... what depths will we sink to to assuage our fear and paranoia?