03-23-2003, 10:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-23-2003, 10:59 PM by [wcip]Angel.)
Latest news include a bunch of Iraqi soldiers surrendering -but not really- ... meaning they pretended to surrender only to open fire on US troops. Killed 5 and took several others prisoner... That can't possibly be legal, but I guess everything's allowed in love and war..
What I can't seem to fathom is why they didn't see this coming. Are they really so naive that they'll buy anything? Hasn't this trick been used before? Isn't this just a slightly modified version of the Trojan horse? ... If I ran a platoon, I'd certainly tell my soldiers not to trust anything with a weapon in hand, no matter what he/she says. What if someone had plastic explosives around their chest, ready to blow up the base when they were brought back? .... careless, very careless.
Too bad about the American soldiers.. Loss of life in war is inevidable, but this could have been prevented..
What I can't seem to fathom is why they didn't see this coming. Are they really so naive that they'll buy anything? Hasn't this trick been used before? Isn't this just a slightly modified version of the Trojan horse? ... If I ran a platoon, I'd certainly tell my soldiers not to trust anything with a weapon in hand, no matter what he/she says. What if someone had plastic explosives around their chest, ready to blow up the base when they were brought back? .... careless, very careless.
Too bad about the American soldiers.. Loss of life in war is inevidable, but this could have been prevented..
