Quote:
Originally posted by seretogis
If we were occupied by another nation, I probably wouldn't be dumb enough to risk being shot by shooting off fireworks, or firearms.
Our troops over there need to look out for themselves first, and everyone else second. As horrible as some of you may think this sounds, our troops lives are more important to our government than the lives of people who may or may not be attacking them.
|
There's also the rule of identifying your targets before you shoot.
The troops really need to take more care regarding this. It's a trade-off between the bigger strategic issues of not turning the population against you, and your own personal self-protection.
I could carry a gun, and shoot anyone who remotely seems like he is threatening me or threatening to pull a gun on me. Or i could verify the threat, and make sure that I am indeed in a life-threatening situation before opening fire.