Question: Do SEALS in combat have to make split second decisions with the aim of staying alive and keeping others alive? Yes.
Question: Do those they are fighting want them dead? Yes
Question: Does killing more of those bad guys mean the SEALS get to stay alive longer? Yes
Question: Does all this take place in seconds? Yes
So Shut Up Medic.
Your post makes me remember a story that was told to me by an individual who claimed to be a former SEAL.
This conversation occurred aboard a a Military Sealift Command ship off the coast of Viet Nam in 1972 or 1973. This guy had recently been assigned to the ship as a crew member and I don’t recall his crew position. He was of an age and physical condition that he might possibly have been what he claimed
His story that he was in the lead of his small group, making their way along a footpath in heavy brush along side a river. He suddenly came upon a young kid, age not specified, with a rifle. The “SEAL” said that he hesitated to shoot for a second because the kid was so young. That hesitation almost cost him his life. He said the kid shot him first. This injury ended his military career.
In combat situations, it is my opinion that all civilians should be considered to be a threat and many, if not most, actually are
your post ties in