War, Justice, Or Neither ???

Apparently Israeli forces have just killed two suspects in the murder of three Jewish teenagers which led to Operation Protective Edge:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/world/middleeast/israel.html

There is something here that goes beyond semantics:

• The "suspects" are said to have committed "murder", which means they should have been brought to trial.
• But instead they were killed by "Israeli forces", which suggests a military response.

Confusing murder and war seems to be a common problem these days. If it was "murder", arrest them and give them a fair trail. If all of this is "war", then stop acting as if each death requires an act of revenge.

And nothing currently being done has anything to do with "justice".

This is also a lesson the United States needs to learn but apparently never will.