03-02-2024, 08:05 PM
(03-02-2024, 06:13 PM)GMDino Wrote: Step one: Establish that the enemy hides among the civilians. It's impossible to tell them apart even when in close combat.
Step two: Make is "acceptable" to kill civilians who are just "casualties" in the war.
Step three: Deny the events happened as reported because the "enemy" will always lie. A good, Democratic nation would not!
Step four: "Review" the incident for however long you think it will take the world to forget about it.
Repeat as necessary until you realize you have to kill every man woman and child to "defeat" the enemy and you withdraw.
Oh, wait...that was Vietnam.
Not sure it applies here.
War is a messy business, to be sure. Not sure that using an example of a lieutenant losing his shit and committing war crimes as being indicative of the RoE's, or conduct, for an entire conflict is an honest or fair thing to do. Which is why it doesn't surprise at all me that you did it. Also interesting that you believe terrorists over an ally, but to do otherwise would be to go against your buddy, which you've literally never done.
