War is hell.
Even with generations of liberals trying to make it non-violent.
Rules trying to make war more humane have the effect of prolonging conflict by preventing a decisive outcome.
They ultimately result in as many or more casualties than would be the case in a short, quick, all out war.
If we had fought WWII with the restrictive, politically correct rules of engagement our military is now burdened with we would still be trying to push the Japs out of the Phillippines.
Also, there is only one “War Crime” in a revolution, loosing.