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To: Little Ray
IIRC, publishing photographs (or video) of POWs is a war crime.

Taking prisoners is counterproductive. You have to guard and sustain them, at the cost of availability for combat of troops and sustenance for them and your own people.

17 posted on 03/02/2022 8:53:06 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

Don’t be silly.
It is important to show the enemy that they have an option other than “die fighting.” Taking prisoners is very productive.


28 posted on 03/02/2022 9:22:24 AM PST by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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