Posted on 08/10/2008 9:59:09 AM PDT by B4Ranch
'So, let me get this straight,' Graham the co-pilot says over the intercom. 'We're up here getting shot at. We have some guy on board who has spent a morning trying to kill US soldiers, whose very desire is to die in battle. We are spending $4,000 per hour per bird. We're shipping his ass to Bagram to give him the best medical care available in Afghanistan.'
He pauses for effect. 'Just so he can get better and come after us all over again.' Another pause. 'Everyone OK with that?'
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Everything points to one strategy.
Take no prisoners.
Yes we will.
Moreover, you’ll read this guy his rights and make sure that he has access to a millionaire Harvard educated trial lawyer so he can sue your ass for participating in this illegal conflict.
So have a nice day and vote Obama this fall. :D
(/sarcasm)
Kill them all and let God sort them out. Nobama 2008!
what has historically been US military policy towards enemy wounded over the years?
anyone know?
the War Between the States is replete with care for the wounded on both sides by both sides.....
still, this seems a bit over the top at first glance...
You forgot about the homes and new city infrastructures we the taxpayers will eventually be forced to build for him and all his precious {religion of peace so says the Chimp} family.
How about “Didn’t I tell you to close the rear tail door?” Ooooops, there goes a good stretcher!
Shame on you.
We took the SS jerks prisoner. We treated their wounded.
I recommend you read “The Other Side of Time” by Brendan Phibbs. It was written from notes he made when he was Combat Command Surgeon for 12 Armored Division, in WWII. There are stories that make you laugh, make you cry. Remember, taking care of enemy wounded is something that our soldiers do to maintain their humanity in war. We should not rob our soldiers of something so important to their recovery from war.
Remember. We are the good guys. Act like it.
There is indeed a grim irony in the fact that we are so civilised politically correct we see it as our duty to restore our enemy to health.
But at what cost?
Our existence.
You’re right, of course. None of us can afford to sort of “drift into enemy terrritory” by behaving in the same way as that enemy. I don’t know if those who are treated are later set loose to fight again. If that is the case, that should stop, but we are not murderers and should not ask our troops to be.
So in Afghanistan today I wonder how the 9th Century knuckledraggers are treating Coalition medics.
Japanese soldiers wounded so badly they couldn't commit hari kari were treated similarly. I remember reading a long time ago of some wounded Japanese soldiers on litters arranged on the deck of a ship. A "walking" wounded US Marine saw them and approached them. As he was approaching the Japanese, a nearby guard drew his .45 on the US Marine but the story had a happy ending as the US Marine was only offering a cigarette to the Japanese men.
Such strategy only prolongs conflict. Prisoners are an important source of intelligence. By treating them humanely, they will be more inclined to desert or surrender.
Had Germans treated Russian POW's and civilians better, Eastern Europe would now be a German territory.
I’d have a hard time sleeping at night if I flew wounded terrorists in for treatment, knowing they could someday be released, or escape, and kill again. There’s an old saying...to be compassionate to the cruel is to be cruel to the compassionate.
Tell it to Joshua. Read about the battles he led then tell me about humanity. Read about King Davids soldiers and tell me about them. Tell me about them killing his son and then refusing to praise them for saving his life, kingdom, and throne, from his rapist son. Asking me to shoot to kill and if they don't kill then turn right around and do life saving is wrong. An individual act is one thing making it policy is quite another. The job requires a detachment to do it.
As for our troops recovery? Simple. Give them praise instead of P.C. Court Martial and don't second guess their acts in battle. Give them a thank you and a welcome home. But don't try to ease politicians conscience about war by making them do deeds that are not the duty of a soldier one job of which is not their duty is to save the enemies life under any circumstances. War is hell. Maybe politicians should think long and hard of it's cost before asking good men to go there. Once engaged get out of the soldiers way. The goal of war? To eleminate the enemy by any means possible to achieve a quick military end A.S.A.P. another thing our leaders do not understand.
Actually, we did take Japanese prisoners.
And look carefully at the number of US prisoners of war held by the Japanese at the end of WWII. Lots.
A total of 16.1 million U.S. troops served in WWII, and these troops suffered 291,557 battle deaths, 113,842 other deaths (due to disease, accident, etc.) and 671,846 wounds which were not mortal.6 In addition to these casualties, according to some estimates (discussed below), some 130,000 U.S. troops were captured and became Prisoners of War (POWs).7 Germany held almost 94,000 U.S. POWs, and Japan held over 27,000.8 Prior to the outbreak of WWII, many American civilians were working and living abroad in areas which were to become combat areas as WWII progressed. According to one report, approximately 4,700 U.S. citizens were captured and interned by Germany, and almost 14,000 U.S. citizens were captured and interned by Japan.9
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/usprisoners_japancomp.htm
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