No one does anything in battle but 'shoot to kill'. You're preserving your own life there, not to mention whatever you're fighting for. I mentioned this 'statistic' to my dad (who fought in Vietnam) and it gave him quite a laugh.

As usual, this overall topic is rather disgusting. Do I think the U.S. should perhaps listen to these people more? Sure. But killing innocent civilians is never right. Murder is murder, whether it's for some great religious cause or psychotic ramblings. If I went off and murdered some kids because God told me to, it'd still be murder, and it'd still be wrong.