Pentagon Reviewing 20 Medal of Honor Awards Given to Soldiers at the Wounded Knee Massacre
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed a five-person panel to review the 20 Medals of Honor that the Army awarded to soldiers for their actions at the Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota on Dec. 29, 1890.
You have just summarized the distinction between jus ad bellum and jus in bello from Just War Theory, which I would hope every military officer in the world understands.
Sadly I have observed many people do not make the distinction.