Korean Pearl Handled Lugers

Edward Tinker · 09-19-2014, 11:26 AM

John, you are thinking like a soldier that was trained this way. WW2 and Korea the rules were there, but things were a bit different.

I am like you, trained to believe a certain way, however, if I have not walked in their shoes.... As a today example; the marines that got into trouble for urinating on dead bodies and then taking pictures, that goes against what we think, however, much worse was done in Vietnam, Korea and WW2 - especially to our folks.

Now, with ISIS, by all accounts is not an 'army' and they have no rules, therefore do we need to give them the typical rules of engagement?
Do we need to treat them with the geneva conventions? (military folks of course know the answer is 'yes' - although our gov't has gotten around the convention rules by keeping folks 'off-country' in Gitmo, etc....

Hard to say and I think I will lock this - not that that will stop you from posting after me

In combat we sometimes do things that don't scare us at the time (like walking where mines might be (heck, I didn't know mines were washed down there, but I caught helk later

) -

or above where he handed a loaded weapon to let a soldier kill themself. But I tend to think it was written nice and the soldier helped a fellow soldier see the afterlife on a quicker pace...

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	John, you are thinking like a soldier that was trained this way. WW2 and Korea the rules were there, but things were a bit different. I am like you, trained to believe a certain way, however, if I have not walked in their shoes.... As a today example; the marines that got into trouble for urinating on dead bodies and then taking pictures, that goes against what we think, however, much worse was done in Vietnam, Korea and WW2 - especially to our folks. Now, with ISIS, by all accounts is not an 'army' and they have no rules, therefore do we need to give them the typical rules of engagement? Do we need to treat them with the geneva conventions? (military folks of course know the answer is 'yes' - although our gov't has gotten around the convention rules by keeping folks 'off-country' in Gitmo, etc.... Hard to say and I think I will lock this - not that that will stop you from posting after me In combat we sometimes do things that don't scare us at the time (like walking where mines might be (heck, I didn't know mines were washed down there, but I caught helk later ) - or above where he handed a loaded weapon to let a soldier kill themself. But I tend to think it was written nice and the soldier helped a fellow soldier see the afterlife on a quicker pace...