[kinghorse]

What would it matter to the Baathists. They are dead men walking anyway. Bad scene.

[amused]

What would it matter to the Baathists. They are dead men walking anyway. Bad scene.

That's the thing. They don't care...in fact our enemies would love to use that as an excuse to attack us. I am all for protecting our troops from attack but a nuclear response could escalate this into a world wide conflict....a world wide nuclear conflict. These are hypothetical roads I would rather the US not travel.

[steve-b]

What would it matter to the Baathists. They are dead men walking anyway.

The people in the field who would have to "push the button" to carry out such an order are not in that position -- they're ordinary officers who have a reasonable hope of mercy if captured... unless they commit this war crime.