"In the kind of environment that they are fighting in...the "shoot first, ask questions later" lesson is probably the only reason we don't have MORE dead troops."
NOT having this policy is why we are at where we are at in Iraq and why we will NEVER win.
I just don't understand this...
One of the "lessons learned" from past conflicts..the Beirut massacre, etc., should have been to NEVER tie the troops' hands re: using their weapons.