On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:

<snip of valuable lessons in power, but . . .>

Now, in the end, the British sniper shooting the VIP in the field of combat was certainly the correct thing to do within his ordered mission, his capabilities and the rules of engagement; just don’t draw the wrong conclusions from the deed.

Given that the probable Taliban response was to immediately scour the area for the infidel sniper team, the Special Forces squad undoubtedly unassed the area toot sweet.

And I doubt that the camp would have been abandoned. Setting up a new one would have cost a lot more money than erecting a higher wall or a shade roof (since all that would be needed would be material capable of blocking clear vision).

Besides, abandoning the camp would have given a propaganda victory to the infidel, e.g. "ONE bullet made the holy warriors run like dogs!"

--
Richard Aiken

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"I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as Muhammed." Alexis de Tocqueville (1843)
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