[Serious] Tit for tat.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Sarcasm?

Boru

Not at all...

Certain offenses can be capital in times of war.

Falling asleep on sentry duty can and has gotten men shot dead - in wartime.

As has failure to follow orders and desertion.....

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There have been spies that continued breathing only by virtue of no declared war.....

I was thinking more in terms of soldiers who are killed as a result of military operations (per the OP) as opposed to soldiers killed by their own government for things like dereliction of duty.

A combatant dead for three days doesn’t smell any different whether it’s a declared war, a police action, or a military intervention. Soldiers killed in combat are never extrajudicial killings (there’s a well-established legal right to shoot the enemy).

Boru