[muawiyah]

Look here, in unloading his pistol Col. West used the Ba'athist's own beliefs against him. To the Ba'athist, if not you nor your friends in the news media, the threat was to pistol whip the guy ~ not to shoot him!

[Poohbah]

Look here, in unloading his pistol Col. West used the Ba'athist's own beliefs against him. To the Ba'athist, if not you nor your friends in the news media, the threat was to pistol whip the guy ~ not to shoot him!

Sorry, muawiyah. LTC West threatened to apply deadly force. Among other things, he did NOT unload the pistol; he discharged it. There is a difference between the two. Firing the weapon is not part of the unloading sequence.