[Far better to obliterate these people from the air , like going after cockroaches with a can of Raid . They are truly not worth suffering ground combat casualties over .]
I’m inclined to agree. The point at which I start worrying about enemy civilian casualties is when they start to exceed 1b dead compared to 1 of our own. Maybe. Now, we shouldn’t start deliberately slaughtering enemy civilians out of the clear blue sky - it’s traumatic for our people. But if those civilians get in the way of our missions against ISIS - fire away. We should not sacrifice our soldiers in combat to virtue signal - the only justification for risking their lives is if allied/friendly civilians are being held hostage. If enemy civilians are in the way - they should understand that acting as human shields for the enemy has consequences.