Yes if those same "children" attempt to kill my son. Yes Chris ,Yes! 
You have already made the moral jump to sacrifice a Canadian soldier on the alter of save the children. 

 Omar Khadr was a Canadian born 14 year old that happened to be the son of an Egyptian Islamic extremist that embarrassed a Liberal P.M. and then dragged this Canadian kid to a world where he was expected to kill to please Dad. Lucky for Omar the American special forces were feeling generous that day he threw the grenade. Mike however did not survive and another spec ops soldier lost an eye.

 Why are we going to Africa Chris?