[Mr. Mojo]

"He was raised where that's one of the Ten Commandments, do not kill," she said. "I think it's hard for a soldier to go to war and have that embedded in them.....

Yet another casualty of a Biblical mistranslation. The Commandment is "thou shall not murder." ....quite a distinction.

[billbears]

Yet another casualty of a Biblical mistranslation. The Commandment is "thou shall not murder." ....quite a distinction.

Um, no. The KJV (which would more than likely be the translation used as it is through large parts of the South) says 'thou shalt not kill'.

[nodumbblonde]

Also note that when King Saul went to war with Amalek, God told him to "smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." (1 Samuel 15:3)

I think that's a pretty good indicator God distinguishes between "murder" and "war".