03-12-2003, 04:25 PM
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Originally posted by dekeguy
Lets see, we train the Army to be aware of and abide by the Law of Land Warfare. We train every soldier in the requirements laid down by the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice). We enforce strict Rules of Engagement. We plan our operations to target combatant forces and avoid civilian casualties. We put great effort into developing smart munitions which will allow us to avoid to the max extent possible any friendly fire disasters. We make a point of going the extra mile to fight clean and not do the sort of horrible things for which the Republican Guard are famous (infamous). And yet you blandly assert that we will perpetrate "atrocities" in the same manner as the "the other side". You actually compare the US Army, composed of your brothers and sisters, your fellow Americans, to the gang of thugs whose leader uses terror and atrocity as a routine matter of policy? Your statement is nothing short of outrageous!
Yes, it is your right to say this, a right guaranteed by those who go in harms way to defend you and your rights. It does, however, seem to me that you are better served by those you accuse of appaling misconduct than you realize.
War is terrible and presupposes the failure of civilized people to deal with each other in a reasonable manner. In war terrible things happen despite our best efforts to minimize if not eliminate these occurances, but it is not American policy to resort to atrocity as a means to accomplish our ends. You need to look to Saddam and company and to others of their ilk to find that sort of evil.
Tomorrow at morning formation I'll look with pride at the young Americans who have answered their country's call, and reflect sadly on some of their fellow citizens who hold them in such low esteem that they would be willing to casually assume that these American soldiers would act in such a dishonorable manner.
Perhaps televising the action might not be such a bad idea. Then you could see, from a nice safe distance, just how Americans fight, and just how the other fellows do it.
dekeguy
Captain, USAR, forward deployed
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dekeguy,
Two words for you and your platoon/company/battalion.
Thank you.
Kitso
KS 361
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