I was an enlisted airborne infantryman for 8 years and 3 deployments. I spent 2 1/2 years in a special purpose unit.
I it really does all boil down to killing at that level. > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:06 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow. > > Loathe wrote: > > Tactical retreat isn't the same thing complete withdrawal, you know > this > > man. > > Tactical is often a matter of subjectiveness. Just because you call it > something doesn't mean it is so. > > > He's also the highest decorated marine and probably killed more > people than > > you know. > > Killed more people than I know? That speaks highly of him I suppose? > Delightful. > > Pssst, you may not have learned this if you military time, but wars and > battles are not supposed to be about killing people. They are supposed > to be about accomplishing objectives. Any psycho can kill people. It > takes much more understanding of tactics and nuance to achieve your > military objectives. > > We've got absolute military superiority in the Middle East. Doesn't > seem > to have done us much good though, does it? That may, just may, be > because our traditional military tools are not appropriate for the job > there. Trying to hammer screws and all that. Some people in the > military > seem to recognize this and are actively working to rearrange the > situation to make the military a more appropriate tool for the sorts of > conflicts we seem to be getting in to. Publishing a new Counter > Insurgency manual certainly seems like a good step in that direction > and > I hope it goes well. > > Please take a step back and spend more time considering what we > actually > want to accomplish and how best to do it rather than screaming for > blood. > > Thanks. > > Judah > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242412 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
