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Re:Why Young Men Go to War by lostlogin on Friday April 17, 2015 @05:19AM (#9393109)
Keep in mind that the average war kills as many civilians as it does combatants. War is not precise, despite what we are told. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty_ratio
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Re:Why Young Men Go to War by pluma on Friday April 17, 2015 @06:40AM (#9393376)
But luckily the US is changing that by re-defining who is or is not a civilian.

Last I checked the official stance was that any able-bodied adult or adolescent male in a war zone is considered an enemy combatant in official statistics.

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