Russians do understand the concept of total war. No compromise, no self-handicapping through overly solicitous “rules of engagement”, no sanctuary, no conditions for surrender by the other side, and should the situation arise, take as few prisoners as practical, even none at all.
Prisoners just clutter up the housekeeping after the battle. Have to keep them locked up in some kind of cage, requiring guards to watch over them, and feeding them just subtracts from rations available to your own side. And they can be incredibly dirty.
They must have been rolling in Moscow when they heard the term, “Compassionate war”.
“Russians do understand the concept of total war. No compromise, no self-handicapping through overly solicitous “rules of engagementâ€, no sanctuary, no conditions for surrender by the other side, and should the situation arise, take as few prisoners as practical, even none at all.”
And no sanctimonious chatter, no hand wringing, no crying the victim, no rooting for the other side or other ulterior motives. Oh, and they drink (the Ruskies). No offense to our non-drinking FReeper brethren, but as Lincoln once said: “Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals”
Perhaps we’ve gotten too damned civilized and introspect in this country?