"If/when noncombatants are used by the insurgents, they are then our enemy even if it doesn't look or sound nice,"

Pretty dismissive if you ask me! Perhaps I am not understanding what you are trying to say.

The way I interpret it is that if American soldiers are captured and then used by the insurgency as human shields etc... then by your logic they should be considered enemies and no one here should ***** and moan when they die.

Or perhaps it only counts if they are noncombatant Iraqi's?!?!?!