Can you spell Scapegoat?
Uh, folks-—I can guarantee you this ROE was not the way our GIs from the WW2 era conducted themselves-—which may account for the fairly prompt victory of that time.
My two closest friends of that era have gone on to eternity. I have their own accounts, some backed up by photos, that establishes they spared no quarter on the enemy, nor the civilian populace conducting military like duty.
Deadly, ruthless, and victorious. At the end, they shared bread, broke bread, and extended a hand of friendship with those they had conquered and liberated. Until then, it was war.