[Mrs. Don-o]

The soldier and the policeman are servants of peace. The can be blunt, rough men, they must have and use lethal weapons, and God bless them for it. And that's probably true til Christ comes again. But they must always make the fundamental distinction between targetted violence against the unjust aggressor--- which is justified --- , and indiscriminate violence such as nuking a city, or destroying noncombatants' access to water and food--- which is murder.

[RobbyS]

This week I watched The “Tears of the Sun.” a film with Bruce Willis. It had the usual over dramatization, the Holllywood touches etc. It shows a squad od U.S, Marines sent to extract some missionaries from a war=tirn Nigeria. The special features tell us that the original title had been “Rule of Engagement,” and throughout the film these marines examplify these values that you lay down. My son was in Iraq for fifteen months as an Army scout Lt. so I am not unbiased, but I will claim that no large combat force has ever been inserted into a country and conducted itself better. These soldiers and marines are the best-trained we have ever had, period. And I will say that is in following the ROE that have helped immeasurably in making our forces even more efficient, although in many cases they have gotten good men killed.