I agree. And I reiterate my view that that is a primitive, tribal notion of honor, vastly different than the chivalric code that encompasses moral integrity, purity of motive, and faithfullness to principle even in the face of adversity.
To so many other cultures, truth and honor are negotiable commodities. What’s true on Monday may be false by Tuesday. That’s partly responsible for the abject cowardice demonstrated by so many Arab “soldiers,” who will turn tail and run at the first sign of a setback. And the hyperbolic denials of reality by buffoons like Baghdad Bob. And the duplicitous treachery of our so-called allies in Iraq and Afghanistan, who work beside our troops every day and then one day smuggle in a bomb and murder a dozen of them.
Contrast that with the courage and sacrifice of our men, like the SEAL team in “Lone Survivor” or the recent Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter (it’s no coincidence it’s called the Medal of HONOR). We could not be the people we are if all we thought of honor was that it was about saving face. That’s the kind of “honor” that permeates the ghetto culture and results in people being shot because they “dissed” someone with a bigger gun, a faster draw, and a shorter temper.
That's part of the Islamic way of war. They're not really suited for the Western style of war. They are a "raid culture" militarily. They will attack at weakness, and fade away in the face of strength. Their objective is to survive, and thus they win by not losing. They inflict losses on the enemy over the long term, until the enemy gets tired of bleeding.
It's proven to be a winning strategy for them. WHO is currently increasing in power in Afghanistan and Iraq?
I recommend reading the review of The Quranic Concept of War by a member of the US Army Institute of Strategic Studies.