[tlj18]

What we learned later is it is better to wound your opponent than take him out.

I don't quite understand that statement. A wounded opponent may still be in the fight. I suppose a captured combatant could provide intelligence information, if he felt so inclined. Of course, the purpose of war is not just to kill and destroy everything, but to accomplish an objective.

[Pistolshot]

A wounded combatant compels you to assist him so he can live. It's human nature. Wound 1 guy...it takes at least 1 more to care for him.

The American way of war is to break things and generally disrupt supplies. A starved enemy doesn't fight quite as hard if he has no place to run to. IF you kill a lot of them on the way to that objective, so much the better.