Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t the Wars end at the start of HERRICK 2 and TELIC 2 respectively; and isn’t that part of the problem? Armed peacekeeping in aid to Civil Power (the elected Governments of Afghanistan and Iraq, respectively), I believe, has different legal requirements to a declared war. If it was a war (and the septics keep muddying the waters here), surely we wouldn’t be holding inquests for very loss of life?
This is where I see the responsibility under the discussed Judgement gravitating down Command Chains. In that context, I think Bunker Mentality makes some very valid points.