Why do western armies always tell their enemies when they will attack?

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spurgeonryan said:
Did you ever see the movie The Patriot? That is just how civilized war is I guess. The only problem is we are the French and terrorist are the indians (referring to the French and indian war. We do stuff properly , yet terrorist just jump around from building to building annoying us.

I am not referring to any French people today. Back then it was line up in squadrons and fire type of battle. While indians went from tree to tree fighting .

The Patriot was the one with Mel Gibson killing Rbits. Maybe you're thinking about the Last of the Mohiccans?