Bwah-HAH!1 Border Patrol shoots at militia bozo "patrolling the border"!1

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10. *Not*being sarcastic or contentious,more so since yourDU handle is familiar for yrs, just differing

It seems to me that you are taking "fog of war" in a literal, military sense, while I intend it as any situation, of which military combat IS one, of personal danger, high stress and adrenaline, split second decision-making, life and death, and unknown factors thrown at you.

It seems to me, also, that you are speaking in generalized, ideal terms -- that "if I were king of the world" every official would know everything at any given moment and be able to react with perfection without any kind of misperception or surprise.

We are not talking about a generalized, ideal situation. Here is an official chasing subjects in the dark in a wilderness where property lines are not marked with neon lights and where there might be armed smugglers around, when suddenly some unknown, armed bozo in camo pops up.

No, it is not always possible to wait until "they're certain of the necessity, and not before."