In your opinion, are civilians still non combatants if they attack soldiers with bricks or petrol bombs?
This is in no relation to any current conflict.
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plungesponge · 41-45, M
Probably depends what the soldiers are armed with. I mean if a bunch of protestors throw rocks against an armoured car, I don't know if I'd condone the soldiers lighting them up with automatic rifles.
Petrol bombs are a lot more serious but even then if civilians are throwing them to burn on a street or hundreds of meters from actual people, I think soldiers should still follow a more policing standpoint of using the least violence necessary to restore order
Petrol bombs are a lot more serious but even then if civilians are throwing them to burn on a street or hundreds of meters from actual people, I think soldiers should still follow a more policing standpoint of using the least violence necessary to restore order