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To: unclewest who wrote (203952)4/24/2007 4:23:04 PM
From: Ichy Smith  Respond to of 793817
 
Defining enemy in the field is what we are having the most problems with. They don't wear uniforms.
Closing with them in any appreciable number is another.
That all makes the killing and destroying difficult too.


Actually the killing and destroying is still the easy part of the job. It is the sorting that screws up progress. In WW II they were not so big on sorting out the bad guys. What they keep not wanting to admit is many of the people you don't want to kill, are the support staff for the ones killing US Troops. Time to stop being so polite.



To: unclewest who wrote (203952)4/24/2007 5:10:32 PM
From: JDN  Respond to of 793817
 
Being so close to the troops you must be suffering a morale problem. I know I am and I am not even in the service anymore. Watching people like Reid and Pelosi attempt to act like they know more then our commanders in the field just makes me wretch. I wonder how the troops feel? jdn



To: unclewest who wrote (203952)4/24/2007 9:07:48 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793817
 
The mission statement of the US Army Infantry is to, "Close with, kill and destroy the enemy."

I can buy that. Building a wall between two factions of the enemy doesn't sound like an outgrowth of it, though.