I dont say I agree with it, just that I can conceive of a mind frame where someone might think these tactics were justified
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Guerilla warfare means sneak attacks, hitting behind the lines. Snipers, > bombs, things like that. Digging a tunnel under your enemies base to defeat > it's defenses. > > Dressing as a civilian or pretending to surrender is a war crime. It's also > only going to cause innocents and people truly trying to surrender to be > killed. > > If they see themselves as valiant anything they should do as their religion > says, martyr themselves so we can be rid of them here forever. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: live video/Iraq > > > I think it stinks to use people's compassion against them. Is it legitimate > guerrila warfare? ummm... maybe. If they see themselves as outgunned > valiant defenders against an overwhelmingly more powerful invader I guess I > can see it. I don't blame the Americans if they make it a heck of a lot > harder to surrender in future though. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Tactical surprise? Funny from what I remember of the rules of land > warfare > > what they did was a crime, and turned them into saboteurs. That means you > > don't even have to try them, you can just shoot them. Don't need to take > > them prisoner or anything. If you are expecting to be treated as a > > combatant then you need to look and act accordingly. > > > > Tim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:25 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: live video/iraq > > > > > > Bill Wheatley wrote: > > > You're missing the point and wrong, the people who were happy to see us > > > did cheer. > > > > And how many where that? > > > > I wouldn't expect too much cheering before the news comes out Saddam is > > dead. These are the same people that cheered prematurely in 1991 and payed > > > a hefty price for that. > > > > > > > These people were just soldiers in plain cloths there to BUTCHER and > > > trick theallied soldiers. > > > > I believe I heard somebody explain that that is called "tactical > surprise". > > > > > > > lol > > > > You must be kidding. > > > > Jochem > > > > PS News and press-conferences on Iraq Sattelite Channel are actually in > > English. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
