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I've seen the sorts that hide the bodies before......so it starts again. No bodies means questionable reports. It works on the sheeple. Viable tactic. But when Abdul don't come home with the flon then the reality drops on his family.......but not on the population as would a ring of ears on a warriors belt.
Stay Safe .......

There used to be a fella whose idea of psychological war was to use an auger to dig a final resting place for VC runners and couriers caught operating on the trails in his TAOR. After they had a half-dozen or so collected, he'd have them buried standing up, with one arm sticking up out of the ground, and in the hand a written message: surrender or die.

It worked reasonably well, and his area remained one the bad guys prefered to avoid, until he and his team were rotated out and a regular army battallion moved in to take over for the dozen Americans and their 600 Montagnard pals. Then the new troops started taking casualties, often from mines, no big deal, usually just one or two a day. Every day, until they left that place for good on 30 April, 1975.

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".....and their 600 Montagnard pals...."

NOW, you're talking about some REAL allies...
Getting us "involved" with the Montagnards was the best thing that the "Civilians In Area" did for us....
We trusted them more - than the ARVN.
They also knew quite well how to deal with their enemy...and to terrify them....and to leave them as signs to others that may follow..

An ally that gave their all, and we abandoned them to the gentle mercies of the communists.....

Semper Fi