[SauronOfMordor]

If the Iraqis actually do this, the Americans should respond as did John Singleton Mosby when Custer started hanging Mosby's men - kill 10 Iraqi prisoners for every allied soldier similiarly treated.

Sadaam and his inner circle don't care about cannon fodder. Their orders are carried out by a tight group of insiders. To be effective, the threat must be to crucify every officer of the "SPecial Republican Guard" we get.

[ZULU]

AHHHH, But if such a directive was issued and carried out, Iraqi soldiers might start shooting officers who ordered such behavior rather than face smiliar treatment themselves upon capture.

It worked with Mosby. Custer stopped hanging his men.