The ROE for the military were far like real than compared to PSD....the reason they are cowards is that they use children...even the Viet Cong did that...but not to the extent the moslems have done....being a coward is one thing moslems do beat me...our politicans are another issue altogether. ...
I used to get all worked up about that. On further reflection, I don't blame 'em. The kill ratios are anywhere from 10 to 20 to 1 in our favor. Pretty soon, they run out of willing and able combatants. If the tables were turned, would we nuke 'em? Sure. Between using children and using nukes - there's a difference, but it's not that big a distinction.
The issue here is that our ROE's are predicated on them behaving a certain way. If they breach that unwritten understanding, perhaps our ROE's need to resemble the chevauchee. It's not as if raiding, killing and burning is foreign to the Arab experience - it's having that done to them that's foreign.