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Personally, I do not see anything wrong with a member of the armed services claiming an Iraqi "firearm" as a souvenir.

"Rewards are necessary in order to make the soldiers see the advantage of beating the enemy; thus, when you capture spoils from the enemy, they must be used as rewards, so that all your men may have a keen desire to fight, each on his own account." - Sun Tzu

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"Rewards are necessary in order to make the soldiers see the advantage of beating the enemy; thus, when you capture spoils from the enemy, they must be used as rewards, so that all your men may have a keen desire to fight, each on his own account." - Sun Tzu

Good idea ! Let's let them rape the women and sell the chidren into slavery too !

(Of all the quotes from The Art of War - to pick the one least applicable to today's American Military ... scheeze..)

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""Rewards are necessary in order to make the soldiers see the advantage of beating the enemy; thus, when you capture spoils from the enemy, they must be used as rewards, so that all your men may have a keen desire to fight, each on his own account." - Sun Tzu"

Just what I want the military of today to think - "Lets go kill those "soldiers" in that rich looking place, so I can find me a nice reward"

Do the words pillager, looter, mercenary, conquerer, plunderer have any meaning to you ?

They didn't have any meaning to Sun Tzu either.