Combatants

The art of modern warfare does not necessarily require soldiers to be armed to the teeth to be effective as combatants.

Modern warfare often results in the indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike.

Using tear gas against foreign combatants is a war crime.

The Geneva Conventions were written at a time when most countries had conscription, but they still distinguished combatants from non-combatants.

The aggressor's combatants are badly fed and badly led, but they come in huge numbers.