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I served for three years during the Nixon administration and was taught from day one that I could not do this type thing, so I guess it was before then??? What did the UCMJ say when you served?

Thanks for serving. Let me ask you; if you were certain that you could beat some info out of an enemy and it would same some of your troops lives, would you? If you say no, then I am glad your service came to a close.

This is so funny. You can kill them if they point a gun at you, but you must play nice if they drop the gun. They are still the enemy.

I might very well have done what West did, but just as I break other laws on occasion, I know that there is a penalty for doing so. I didn't make the rules, but I was well aware of what they were.

Do you believe that each officer should do as he pleases, regardless of the UCMJ?

BTW you did not answer what the rules were that you were taught. If you're going to give us that "Army went PC" crap, tell us what rules you operated under. As for you being glad I got out, my Battalion commander had my wife and me to his home for dinner trying to get me to stay but I'm sure you are smarter than LTC Crandall was.