[MindBender26]

The only French troops ever successful in Vietnam were not French at all. They were FFL, former Waffen SS regulars, serving 5 years in the FFL to "erase" their prior lives.

One of their convoys was ambushed. They came into a town and simply told the residents that every time a Frenchman (German) was killed, 10 locals would quietly disappear.

There was one more ambush. 2 Germans died. 20 locals disappeared.

There were no more attacks on the FFL in that vil. War is hell

[brownsfan]

There was one more ambush. 2 Germans died. 20 locals disappeared.

There were no more attacks on the FFL in that vil. War is hell

I'm with you. These people don't behave like humans, they behave like animals. If you try to contain/train an animal, you don't reason with it. You show it you are the boss, and then you get it to submit. If you don't, it will turn on you. We really have 2 choices, excersize the appropriate force to get these animals to submit, or be their prey. That is the reality of the situation.

[Truthsayer20]

"One of their convoys was ambushed. They came into a town and simply told the residents that every time a Frenchman (German) was killed, 10 locals would quietly disappear."

So you are saying that the US military should emulate the methods of the Waffen SS in Iraq? I thought they were supposed to be "liberators"? I'm more and more starting to think the whole Iraq war was a mistake.

[hershey]

That's exactly what we need to do and fast.