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In the movies, the bad guys willingly target women and children. The good guys fight with honor, even when faced with chaotic situations, and show great remorse whenever there is collateral damage on their operation. This is only the pop culture way of distinguishing between limited and unlimited warfare. However history is a much deeper, darker tale.
The idea of limited war as we know it originated in the 18th Century according to Grenier, in The First Way of War. But we do not need to dig only into this book to understand that. The Global War on Terror illustrated the challenges of waging a limited war against an opponent willing to engage outside of their rules of engagement.
As we advocate for further decentralization, and as we believe in both the rights and agency of man, we recognize that we can no longer export our responsibility to even consider what are the moral constraints on the use of force to nameless, faceless bureaucrats.
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