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{{quote|"The message of Rules of Engagement is the necessity to kill all those who actively oppose the United States and that the murder of women and children is acceptable in such cases."}}
** This example counts as something of a [[Shocking Swerve]]. Throughout the movie, the Marines' attack on the protesting crowd was presented as abhorrent as it was believed that only a few people in the crowd were actually armed and that the Colonel (played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]]) overreacted by ordering his men to [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|open fire on the entire crowd, armed or not]]. It was only after finding the security videotape that the audience finds out that 90+% of the crowd was in on the attack and that Jackson was justified (legally if not morally) in opening fire on a crowd of civilians.
*** Errrr, if 90+% of the crowd is armed and firing then that isn't a crowd of 'civilians'. At that point you are under enemy attack, and returning fire is both legally ''and'' morally justified.
*** The Geneva Conventions use the words "combatant" and "noncombatant" instead of "military" and "civilian" for precisely this reason. If you're shooting at soldiers they are perfectly justified in shooting back at you, and whether or not you have a uniform on at the time makes no difference.
** In the DVD commentary the director said the original scene was supposed to be unclear about whether the crowd was actually shooting, or if that's just what [[Samuel L. Jackson]] convinced himself into believing. However, the test audience [[Viewers are Morons|wanted a literal interpretation]], so that's what the film ultimately got. Also the Arab doctor is one of the people with the most moral fiber (note how he is able to make a tough choice when none of the American witnesses can).
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