“...Many Iraqis want to live in peace, screw the bloody holy war crap. They help us when we come in to help them. ...”
True that. The terrorist elements read their Mao and do the whole “fish hiding in a sea of fish” thing. Getting the people there to out the bad guys is the key.
The PROBLEM is, once they out them, and we leave, they’re still there, and will have to be dealt with. The key is training folks to be able to - and have the WILL power to - defend themselves from these animals.
“...Execute the guys you pick up off the field of battle. Quit playing by humane rules....”
Absolutely agree.
Not happening either. No POTUS is going to order the Nazi method of handling captured POWS , and they wont be nuking them either.
So since we have to live in the real world lets quit throwing our troops into these no-win situations.
When I said quit playing by humane rules, I was thinking if you’ve caught a guy red-handed with IEDs or sniping, take a moment to pause and kill the bastard.
I don’t want to see innocents killed. I just mean don’t feel obligated to treat terrorists by the rules of combat. They don’t operate by them.