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To: Sherman Logan

Nope. Kind of makes fighting to the last breath of the last man an attractive alternative - even if hopelessly outnumbered and surrounded.

I remember in Iraq when they tortured to death a couple U.S. troops that had surrendered. I don’t recall many more instances of U.S. troops surrendering - no matter how precarious or hopeless their position.


92 posted on 04/30/2013 7:22:33 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: allmendream

Julius Caesar was renowned for pardoning those who fought against him, even taking them back into his confidence. It was cited at the time as one reason for his unbroken string of victories. Why fight to the death when you can just surrender and go on with your life?

Of course, JC eventually discovered the downside of mercy to his enemies ...


94 posted on 04/30/2013 7:43:13 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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