I'd be willing to believe that is all if Obama (or was it Bush) didn't start enlisting children as possible militant targets. If they can bend that rule to change statistics, they or someone else could bend the rule to mark anyone as target.

Example

  1. Well you looked like one because of the beard
  2. You or someone that looks like you promised to "Cleanse the US from face of Earth", etc. 
  3. You had a piece of wood that looked like a gun, so capture was infeasible
  4. State you belonged, sponsored some terrorist 10 years ago.