[Atlantic Friend]

I hear you, but even in a war you have a code of to respect, and that's no PC at all. A soldier is not supposed to loot, rape, or kill random civilians. He is someone you're supposed to look up at, even when you're the citizen of the country he's occupying. His strength comes not only from his training, but from his moral virtues.

US troops in WW2 did not wage a PC war. And yet they treated civilians well, they treated their prisoners with respect, and sometimes even protected collaborators from public lynching. When civilian targets were given to US and British bombing squadrons like in Dresden, there were many critics among the military and political leaders. I don't have the impression that code of conduct weakened their resolve, lowered their efficiency, or preventing them from defeating the standing (and sometimes outstanding) armies and navies from three industrialized major powers.

[wku man]

And thank God there were enough leaders in decision making positions that didn't listen to the whiners, and sent the 8th Air Force on those bombing raids, anyway. Look, we can be conscientious and play fair, or we can win the damn war. We keep saying we, the US, are the world's only superpower. If we are, its about damn time we start acting like it, and kick some freakin' ass! We can win this war in a matter of a couple of years, but it's gonna take a helluva lot more guts than we apparently have in DC. For that matter, I doubt if we have that kind of guts anywhere in our nation anymore.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!