Great article, Die Hard! Thanks for posting it.
Incredibly brave and valiant men, all.
> Incredibly brave and valiant men, all.
They were indeed.
Yet this story is told a thousand times, every day that the Good Guys meet the Bad Guys in combat. There are no shortage of very, very brave and valiant warriors who do amazing deeds on our behalf. A very few get decorated. Most go unnoticed. Others, like the Haditha Marines, get pilloried and treated unfairly. Go figure!
Why is it that Western Civilization feels a need to be nice to the Enemy? Didn’t the Enemy drive aeroplanes into the WTC? Didn’t they start this fight? Aren’t they using unconventional forces? Don’t they hack innocent hostages’ heads off with dull knives? Nobody has ever asked them to behave in this manner or to perform these atrocities: the Enemy has gone out of their way to do so.
Even if the Marines broke the rules (doubt it) why should we care? The Bad Guys are, after all, The Enemy. And this is an Enemy that gives no thought to the niceties of warfare. None.