“..no leave security zone around the area,and search every god dam@ hovel in the area-level it if necessary.”
And what will be the next step when the soldiers’ bodies are found and everyone in the security zone claims to have no knowledge of what happened. This is where “friendly persuasion” would come in handy. Instead the troops are told to fight “fair”. What we need is a referee.
I nominate Mike Savage as referee.