Yeah, complete balls up.
Still, it seems not to be the actual men on the ground at fault, they were order to shoot him before they saw him, I would find this some comfort, from the point of view of the officers, as oppossed to the wrong split second decision it appeared to be firstly.
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The problem is you have to know who to shoot or you end up becoming exactly what you are hoping to eliminate.
Go look at the German experience in France, Norway, and Yugoslavia durring WWII. The Germans devoted massive ammounts of resources to combating partisan attacks, and they were never able to stop them. The only place they even became close to successful was Norway, where IIRC there were only 13 civilians for every German soldier. Even with that ratio they were never able to eliminate the Norwegan resistance. In a well run organization you have to bust each terrorist cell individually, and unfortunatly for the US the terrorists tend to be pretty good at adapting to changes in circumstances.[/QUOTE]Its a shame that certain Americans haven't learnt the lessons of history, that firepower will not always bring victory, especially when fighting an unseen enemy. A great many French, British, and indeed American lives lost without gain, to name but a few, goes to underline this point.
[ 08-19-2005, 02:35 PM: Message edited by: Aragorn1 ]