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2004-03-20 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-03-20 11:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article has an excellent point well made.

I believe we are better off capturing (for intelligence) the "middle management". Their anonymity will prevent much of the excesses Bennett describes.

Better off for all of us if we simply kill the cannon fodder and upper management on the battlefield.

Posted by Carl in NH 2004-3-20 11:59:04 AM|| 2004-3-20 11:59:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 battlefield? Kill them wherever they're found. A sniper's bullet would do better to "show how his mind works" ...or doesn't... heh heh

Posted by Frank G 2004-3-20 12:12:26 PM|| 2004-3-20 12:12:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Who cares what information they may or may not possess? KILL EVERY ONE OF THE SONS-OF-BITCHES YOU SEE, AS SOON AS YOU SEE 'EM.

The only good muslim....is a dead muslim.

Posted by Texan 2004-3-20 1:04:48 PM|| 2004-3-20 1:04:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Gotta go with my fellow Texan on this one--we can't use torture (Dammit! I hate it that the US is so humane!) and without that, these dirtbags aren't going to tell us anything.
Don't take 'em alive!

Posted by Jen 2004-3-20 2:09:58 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-3-20 2:09:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, I'm more inclined to say "Kill them all".

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-3-20 4:28:06 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-3-20 4:28:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 We have ways of breaking down prisoners without using torture.

However, a high-profile prisoner would prevent our using the techniques, because they would be painted in the worst way imaginable by the media. This is exactly why we are not yet learning much from Saddam Hussein.

So, go after the mid-level no-names, who can lead us to other cells and parts of the organization, and who are of no interest to the "human rights" folks.

And, by "battlefield", I meant kill them without capturing them first. A JDAM through a window while they sleep at their home is fine by me...

Posted by Carl in NH 2004-3-20 9:01:58 PM|| 2004-3-20 9:01:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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