they could..but I bet these are the low guys on the totem pole that are expected to get slaughtered first and they know it.
I didn't really understand the significance of the holes but maybe this was it.
My brother had the job of frisking some of the Iraq soldiers that surrendered in "Operation Desert Storm".He didn't like to talk about it much,but he was definitely affected by what he saw.
I have no doubt these soldiers know what happened in "Operation Desert Storm".