[Felix The Assassin]

Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar: quote: Originally posted by Felix The Assassin: Crayola draw segment: A. There are two ways to make an Army mad. 1. Deploy them for months on end into a foreign land and train the hell out of them, then unleash them (1991). 2. Send them into a hostile environment for 12 month rotations, place the third rotation on the ground and redeploy the strike force early, as in less than 6 months after last rotation, then unleash them (Spring 2007 that criteria will be met)! I am not a politician, I am a soldier, a leader, a trigger puller, a trained and skilled killer, a trainer that enhances and hones the skills of others to be "Technicians of Violence". Like it or not, come this Spring, there will be enough maddened soldiers, equipment, and logistics to assault any objective within 600KMs of Baghdad, and enough trained rear guard to protect the force! All approved by the current United States Congress!

But tell us how you're *really* feeling.

Ok, in all seriousness. We have the *capability* to do this, but the question remains- is it wise? Is it wise to have our hands in one too many pots? Furthermore, the talk of so-called "maddened soldiers" is troubling. If what you're saying is true, it scares the hell out of me. Anger leads us to make mistakes. You know, like "friendly fire" and killing civilians. The horrid stuff that makes us look bad to the world. So perhaps you shouldn't talk about it like it's a good thing- it isn't! [/QUOTE]No it is not a good thing. I am not talking about hey, lets go for a stroll in the park. I'm saying hey, Lock and load, weapons free, air is Yellow, ground forward of grid line FQ435725 is Red, move out! Anger? Maddened soldiers? Controlled anger, within a person who is mad, that is fully trained, will 'Kill'. ~That's a period. War is about killing. Soldiers are an instrument of war. Weapons are tools that a soldier uses to kill the enemy in time of war. A chef who can hone a knife to slice the meat from the bone is well trained in that culinary skill. To load a weapon, place it on fire, and shoot another human being is a trained soldier skill. A soldier takes an oath, and within that oath, he swears that he will follow the orders of The President of The United States, the officers appointed over him, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and it ends with a binding of according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

However, now that the press is leaking it to the public, this strike may never come!