[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Never any proof that surrendering Iraqi soldiers were buried alive.

THe bunkers the Iraqi soldiers were in were at least three stories tall (two below the ground), built with typical German efficiency.

They had to have a backdoor to flee thru and you just don’t sit there when you hear American tanks coming to visit you.

Ron Paul is more than an isolationist, he is mentally ill, a Jim Leach on stereoids. He was strange the first time I met him, many decades ago. He’s still strange, but more dangerous to America today than ever before.

[randomhero97]

Thanks. Makes complete sense.

I'll add to that how do we know enemy combatants would surrender before we hit them with artillery or air strikes. Simple fact is we don't but that's part of war and part of our ROE. Kill the enemy before he kills us.

I'll admit I like RP but he is way to naive about the world outside of US borders. He needs to shut his trap with the anti-war crap.

[MrEdd]

No.

This was not a tactic only used on fancy bunkers.

There were also standard trench lines set up in places, using prefabricated soviet style siding (made of a substance like cinder block) to keep the sand from collapsing. We used this tactic there with the A9 Ace armored bulldozers used to breach the berm as well as tanks.

When they refused to surrender, we kept them buttoned down with Mark 19 automatic grenade launchers from beyond their range and tomb-stoned them. It only took a few of these operations where not one of them had a chance to earn 72 virgins and they quit refusing to surrender.

Had they been able to inflict any casualties on us at all, the die hards would have kept fighting.