I meant that killing civilians isnt the goal of the action- on the contrary. the U.S army seeks to minimize causalties while achieving operational goals that usually have something to do with saving human lives, by killing terrorists who pose a realistic risk to other soldiers or isis soldiers advancing isis…

That's not the only difference. You're taking situations out of context: the U.S army doesn't intend to kill civilians - on the contrary - it wishes to minimize the civilian causalities while achieving the operational goal of stopping terrorists and directly saving lives. The terrorists have a complete opposite…