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The enemy is nowhere near 100% effective, and for you to give them that credit is an insult to our well trained and motivated soldiers.

I never gave them any such credit. I would like to see the enemy at 0% effectiveness. Whereas you seem to think that the ROE are designed for fair play and the enemy should be allowed a certain amount of effectiveness in killing our troops. If West's actions saved one American life in the battlefield then he was correct.

You continually ask others to prove that his action saved lives. In every report posted that claim is made. Since neither of us was there we can only go by the reports available to us. You ask us to prove he saved lives by action as way to deconstruct that arguement. Since you, apparently, are arguing his actions were unneccesary, prove your arguement.

I have already.

Thousands of LTCs across Iraq are faced with detainees who won't answer questions relating to some information they believe is correct. But they don't beat them and threaten their lives, they adjust the operations to mitigate the percieved risk and take actions to counter enemy operations. That is what we are taught to do, that is how we win wars.

Beating prisoners, mock executions, and torture haven't won our enemies any wars, why the hell should we follow their example.