Redefining 'civilian' also reduces civilian casualties.
"It is also because Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent."
I don't imagine anyone cares to do the posthumous intelligence checks.
"It is also because Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent."
I don't imagine anyone cares to do the posthumous intelligence checks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in...