[crz]

For all your chest thumpers laughing. This brigade is in fact as ruthless as this brigade was.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirlewanger_Brigade

[JonPreston]

Fascinating history. Thank you.

[Who is John Galt?]

For all your chest thumpers laughing. This brigade is in fact as ruthless as this brigade was...

"Ruthless" can be counter-productive; if people hear that you shoot prisoners, for example, they may become less likely to surrender to you, AND possibly less likely to accept your surrender...