Hessian
Well-Known Member
"...in the first week of April 2003, when a suicide bomber killed three American special operations soldiers near the Haditha Dam. The dam had been captured to prevent Iraqi forces from blowing it up A civilian vehicle approached a checkpoint, and a pregnant woman stepped out and began screaming, the military said in a statement issued after the attack. When the soldiers approached, the woman and the vehicle detonated. The new intelligence report quotes captured M-14 officers as saying that the woman who carried out the suicide attack was a colonel in their organization."
Look at the character of the American soldier: we do not fire on women & children, we feed the care for our captives, we try to save the wounded both friend & foe, we try to avoid religious sites, schools, hospitals....these are the rules and characteristics of our soldier's conduct:
So..how do de prepare soldiers to face an enemy who has no rules at all? Do we train them like the Wehrmacht/SS to show no pity at all?...do we want veterans back on American streets with that cold steel in their veins?//or suffering from decades of flashbacks?
Sorry...can't offer any answer to these questions but the Answers are limited: 1) Harden up..fire when in doubt...coup de grac shots etc OR
2) Get out and do it at long distance OR
3) Hire other mercenaries to get it done
Look at the character of the American soldier: we do not fire on women & children, we feed the care for our captives, we try to save the wounded both friend & foe, we try to avoid religious sites, schools, hospitals....these are the rules and characteristics of our soldier's conduct:
So..how do de prepare soldiers to face an enemy who has no rules at all? Do we train them like the Wehrmacht/SS to show no pity at all?...do we want veterans back on American streets with that cold steel in their veins?//or suffering from decades of flashbacks?
Sorry...can't offer any answer to these questions but the Answers are limited: 1) Harden up..fire when in doubt...coup de grac shots etc OR
2) Get out and do it at long distance OR
3) Hire other mercenaries to get it done