[Non-Sequitur]

If the Lt. is not a member in good standing of a recognized armed force, following legal orders, (the Geneva standards) and he kills someone in an offensive operation, he could be considered a murderer.

And what would suddenly make the United States Army, the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men and women an unrecognized armed force?

It's far from far-fetched..... and it's that simple, and that serious.

With all due respect this is about as far-fetched as it gets.

[MindBender26]

>>>> And what would suddenly make the United States Army, the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men and women an unrecognized armed force?.

Which, if one reads his history, you will see that that is exactly what we did to the Waffen SS after WWII.