Exactly. People who think this way are applying the rules of police action to war. If you're a criminal and the police burst into your house then the police ca

Exactly. People who think this way are applying the rules of police action to war. If you're a criminal and the police burst into your house then the police can't (or at least, aren't allowed to) shoot you unless they have damn good reason to believe that their lives are in danger. In a war, though, if you're an enemy combatant then you're fair game unless you're actively surrendering. There's some gray area between the two, somewhere, but as a general rule if you want to steer clear of the latter category then don't make a video in which you "declare war on the United States" and then start killing people.