The rightness and wrongness of the war is not what this discussion is about. The coalition forces operate under "rules of engagement" that are to mitigate civilian casualties. The enemy doesn't, hence using hospitals, mosques and "wogs in T-shirts" (oh that's not bigoted) as cover. Sheesh, only Americans have to ask permission to fire, that is not a prescription for a long life in a combat situation.
War is hell, and sometimes the wrong people die, but ask almost anyone who has ever been in combat, or even in a war zone, if it wasn't them, it wasn't the wrong person. Call me selfish, if the ROK guys and whoever else was responsible for protecting the peninsula where I sat at a desk, accidently killed someone they shouldn't have in the fulfilling of their duties, well I confess I didn't really think about it, as long as my butt was safe.
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Date: 11/4/10 02:14 (UTC)The coalition forces operate under "rules of engagement" that are to mitigate civilian casualties. The enemy doesn't, hence using hospitals, mosques and "wogs in T-shirts" (oh that's not bigoted) as cover. Sheesh, only Americans have to ask permission to fire, that is not a prescription for a long life in a combat situation.
War is hell, and sometimes the wrong people die, but ask almost anyone who has ever been in combat, or even in a war zone, if it wasn't them, it wasn't the wrong person. Call me selfish, if the ROK guys and whoever else was responsible for protecting the peninsula where I sat at a desk, accidently killed someone they shouldn't have in the fulfilling of their duties, well I confess I didn't really think about it, as long as my butt was safe.