[caisson71]

What he did was everything he felt he needed to do under the circumstances. He is probably highly regarded by his troops but not regarded at all by the likes of you because of your misguided sense of fair play. There is no such thing as fair play in war.

[Ispy4u]

I don't play fair in combat either. This isn't about fair play.

If it's ok to threaten to kill a prisoner for information would it be ok to rape his wife to make him talk? I know you wouldn't agree with that because it crosses the line. The line for this scenario was drawn long before LTC West even imagined being in the Army. LTC West crossed it, he knew he crossed it and now it's time to pay the piper.