[American_Centurion]

I don’t see where I advocated ordering suicide as policy in my statement.

I merely suggest that in some extreme circumstances it could be a consideration to request volutarily. Sometimes if things go unspoken, they go undone. It never hurts to talk about “what-ifs”.

[saganite]

Commanders usually let the troops know what the stakes are. The phrase “at all costs” means exactly that.