[Joe Boucher]

Very well said ZULU, good job.

Incidently are you really a ZULU?

[ZULU]

No.

I'm a white American male who liked the movie ZULU and sort of admired their view towards warfare as an expression of total national commitment to absolute victory rather than a display of ceremonial posturing, as was so well illustrated in the TV special "Shaka".

Shaka had it right - you destroy your enemy totally.
If you want to negotiate with him after he's prostrate on YOUR terms - fine. Its also a philosophy the ancient Romans used, whose method of warfare was very similar to the Zulus, except the Romans had a missile weapon - the pilum. But the use of the stabbing assegai and shield and in-your-face attack was very similar to the gladius and scutum.