RH200, that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. Personally, I believe governments have a moral duty to do their best to avoid killing the innocent. Killing innocent people achieves nothing other than making more enemies.
Barnstormer, as far as I'm aware, ROE were never intended to protect the military. They were intended to protect civilians. I won't deny that they can get a bit ridiculous - I think Afghanistan was proof of that.