I hate to break it to you, but even soldiers are bound by the constitution and laws of the United States. And as soldiers, they're also subject to the UCMJ and the Geneva Conventions. There are official rules of war, and killing non-combatants is illegal.
Article 3 of the Geneva Convention says:
Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.
You can blame them not killing non-combatants on this mythical, monolithic "Liberals and the Media" all you like, but that doesn't make it true. (That would make a great band name, btw - John Q. Liberal and the Media, sold out show, one night only!)
Why don't you just go ahead and call up the Joint Chiefs of Staff and SECNAV and complain to them that their soldiers are too busy obeying the law and you don't like it so they should stop?
Did you just wake up one day and not remember anything you learned in school? History? Civics? That's the only way to explain how you forgot that it's illegal to kill non-combatants during war and that these soldiers could be court-martialed if they did so. That's not based on something that your omnipresent, omnisicent, almighty "Liberals" or "the media" made up. It's...wait for it...the law. (Feel free to shout, "THANKS OBAMA!" now if you want, I'm sure you need to let go of some of your frustration at not being able to blame the "Liberals" in this case. I don't want your brain to explode from the cognitive dissonance.)
Also, advocating the murder of innocent people isn't a good thing, just so you know. There's a name for people like that (no, not "Liberals"): sociopath. (Btw, it's "scot-free", see: http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/scotchfree.html. In the spirit of civic duty, I just feel so goshdarned compelled to help you with your education since so much of it seems to have gone missing.)
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