funny you should say thatMe and my section actually watched the slaughter on the road to Bashra..And it wasn't pretty, however the english didnt get involved, it was the yanks who did the killing there. But war is simple - kill them before they kill you.
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Sun 13 Mar 2005, 11:27,
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I thought it more a case ofEstablishing your objective by the quickest and least bloodiest route possible. If you can defeat an army without a single bullet being fired isn't that better than blowing up everybody and counting the casualties afterwards?
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Sun 13 Mar 2005, 11:31,
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nowar takes over when politics fails. You dont win a war by skirting around your enemy. You face them head on and move through them.
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Sun 13 Mar 2005, 11:46,
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Then you are nothing but pawnsyour life isn't in your hands anymore it belongs to the generals and the politicians (because even politicians like to play wargames look at Bush & Blair).
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Sun 13 Mar 2005, 11:47,
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And?I know nobody will probably read this as I am skipping back through the archives but never mind.
Of course soldiers are pawns. If you join the army you accept that you have to do what is commanded by the generals and, ultimately, the politicians. If that is something you find greatly distasteful then you shouldn't be in the army (I presume you are not anyway.)
In a war, the last thing any army needs is to have hordes of soldiers standing around pontificating while the enemy blows them up.
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Sun 13 Mar 2005, 15:59,
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Of course soldiers are pawns. If you join the army you accept that you have to do what is commanded by the generals and, ultimately, the politicians. If that is something you find greatly distasteful then you shouldn't be in the army (I presume you are not anyway.)
In a war, the last thing any army needs is to have hordes of soldiers standing around pontificating while the enemy blows them up.
Just a quick point...I think it's important that it be known that squaddies think with their weapon.
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