Suggesting that your opponent handicap themselves and cast aside erudite prose seems to this one like a flight to mediocrity if not in fact to the bottom of some squalorous and apocalyptic ghetto of culture. If that's where you choose to reside, deal with the rhetorical consequences of your free choices now, and perhaps rue them. 

The big picture has been made perfectly clear for a decade and more. Especially when those soldiers are volunteer and mercenary, they've heard the "word of God" on this one for quite some time and excuses seem insufficient when confronted with one's own cognizance of wrongfulness.

In an object as potent and designed as a firearm, it is imbued with spiritual will of its creator. You cannot separate its purpose from its creation when its purpose is as austere as an instant-action lethal weapon. This isn't a particularly ideological statement, it is simply casting light on some hard truths arranged in manner inconvenient for some.