[Lothar5150]

Originally Posted by Kobuchi

Wow. Over half of Iraq's citizens are under 15. So then just the ratio of weapons piled up at elementary schools to Iraqi soldiers must have been enormous. And that would be just a fraction of all the Army's weapons. Why did the Iraqi army have so many more weapons than they could possibly use?

Anyway, that's great you helped keep the kids from playing with weapons.

Did you get to destroy any?

Originally Posted by Kobuchi

Try cajoling a toddler off the road while balancing a sleeping baby in one hand and collapsing a stroller with the other. On second thought, better stay in your "real world".

Good job. Rescuing those people does make them heroes. Spread it all around. But how does that not make their methods essentially cowardly, just the same? A soldier putting his own safety ahead of civilians is cowardly, right?

I checked what you said about clearing buildings, and it appears the procedure in Fallujah is to pump the house full of metal, then blast an alternate entry though the wall, because there might be a fighter hiding in there. My apologies if that's just normal, common knowledge. Every house gets this treatment, and since fighters are now popping up in previously cleared neighbourhoods, I guess a lot of buildings will be cleared repeatedly.

This is for the safety of American soldiers. At some point, considering one's own safety at the expense of others becomes cowardice, whether it's one soldier betraying his platoon or one nation betraying the human race. Crossed the line there, don't you think?

Note I'm not suggesting organised cowardice is a poor way to win battles.

Ever been in combat or are you talk about something which you have no experience? The guys clearing the buildings are Marines not soldiers and I will not dignify the cowardice comment.