Posted on 11/02/2014 3:14:47 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Thanks for the ping. May he rest in peace.
Here is the Wiki entry for him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksel_M._Broughton
It’s hard to count Korea, as the Chinese actually made good on their threat to intervene if the US pushed too far, and even then, our boys weren’t required to hand the enemy a knife and bare their throat.
We didn’t have idiotic rules of engagement until after Korea. In Korea, our boys were permitted to fire on civilians if there was a potential threat to US lives.
Your point is valid, but to me, it’s merely a matter of degree. Truman should have been impeached over the MacArthur controversy. He said it best, “there is no subsitute for victory.”
We had free fire zones in Vietnam. Though it was always up to unit commanders as to how judiciously they were utilized. (Think Calley.) Though we never really got to test our firepower by pivoting North.
One of my platoon leaders was a homicidal maniac. The other should have won the DSC as far as I was concerned. Such is every extreme, until you’re seeing yourself in the dead.
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