"The Forces’ document advised Canadian soldiers to shoot first at adult combatants if they come under attack from children. “If the adult leader is killed or forced to take cover, the whole organization may break down,” the new directive said, quoting a warfare expert."
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It is that momentary delay- giving pause for thought interpreting this directive, that will result in Canadian soldiers being killed, whether it be by bullet or suicide bomb.  These are not child soldiers.  They are terrorists trained to murder.  One has to wonder whether the Trudeau government will back up our soldiers in difficult incidents such as this or abandon them to a military court system/politically motivated inquiry, if the liberal left media find a photogenic wounded or dead child child terrorist to create a Omar-Allayn scenario.