[DoughtyOne]

He is waging War as defined under his Constitutional role as Commander in Chief and he can issue a shoot on sight, or accept no surrender rule on people such as
these.

I had always thought that it would be a war crime to shoot unarmed members of the opposition if they were trying to surrender.  Is that incorrect?

[mvscal]

I had always thought that it would be a war crime to shoot unarmed members of the opposition if they were trying to surrender.

And you would be correct.

[KC Burke]

Only if they are Combatants or Non-Combatants as defined under the rules of land war. A sabotour, terrorist and spy all have special cases as they are neither proper Combatants or Non-combatants