> Traditionally that meant armed forces, their bases, their supplies and so on. That definition actually isn't traditional, it's recent and was created due to

> Traditionally that meant armed forces, their bases, their supplies and so on. That definition actually isn't traditional, it's recent and was created due to what was seen in both the World Wars last century. Fire bombing Dresden? Not a legitimate military target by modern definitions (parts of Dresden perhaps, but not the way the attack was conducted). The rockets fired at the UK by the Germans almost blindly? Not legitimate by today's standard. Prior to the Geneva Convention, there was much less debate about legitimacy, it was just done.