Yes, you can. And you can legitimately do it.
Why do we have uniforms at all, not just for the military? UPS and FedEx have uniforms for their employees, right? The point of having a uniform is to inform the public that you stand for an idea, a service, an organization, basically representing that thing. UPS and FedEx do not want anyone delivering their packages without certifying them either as employees or contracted associates.
No different with the military. In fact, it is ultimately critical, not merely important, with the military because its primary mission is to kill and destroy. You are denying people of two things that make living tolerable: life and material. So if you are going to kill and destroy on a large scale, the least you can do is identify yourself as who is ordering you to do that and that you are associated with that authority. We look at military history and the uniform is the common theme throughout. The more professional in terms of organization and hierarchy, like the Roman or Persian empires, the more critical their soldiers distinguish themselves from everyone else. Even tribal societies make some efforts to identify those who are fighters by ornate personal accoutrements.
As in other prairie tribes, the warriors of the Cheyenne were organized into societies or orders, most important were the Dog Soldiers.
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The uniform of the society consisted of a bonnet covered with upright feathers of birds of prey, a whistle suspended from a thong around the neck and made of the wing bone of an eagle, leggings, breechclout, and moccasins. The belt was made of four skunk skins. The Dog Soldiers carried a bow and arrows and a rattle shaped like a snake was used to accompany their songs. They had one chief and seven assistants, of whom four were leaders in battle, chosen on account of their extraordinary courage. These four wore, in addition to the usual uniform, a long sash which passed over the right shoulder and hung to the ground under the left arm, decorated with porcupine quills and eagle feathers. Of these four men, the two bravest had their leggings fringed with human hair.
Someone who claims to fight for a cause but hides the
VISUAL identifiers endangers
EVERYONE associated with that cause. Because of this, this kind of combatants are considered contemptible by professional militaries, so much that such fighters who are captured can be executed without trials. So based on this alone, we can legitimately labeled such combatants as 'terrorists'. Now add on political issues, methods of combat, type of targets, etc., it is even clearer that those who chose to fight for a cause must distinguish themselves. Hamas chose
NOT to, that make them 'terrorists'.