No harm in figuring out how it all happened.
For one thing, it might help the NA revise their prisoner handling procedures.
Two, if the NA is doing this cr*p now, the time to get it stopped is NOW. Not in 3-6-9-12 months when they take their "show on the road" to the big cities.
The NA is no corps of Angels. There's a reason the Taliban were able to toss them out of power. Of course, then the Tallys became just as bad and probably worse.
If they get out of line, the world community needs to whack them back into it.... and since we're already there, maybe we should sponsor a "tank day" when this is all over.
We can put on a "firepower display" and take out the rest of the tanks in Afghanistan. (After giving them a few minutes to un*ss the vehicle.)
They don't seem to do much fighting unless it's armor against guys that don't have any armor anymore. Otherwise, it's a "stalemate".
<EDIT> ...and as for the prisoners. Seems a lot of them deliberately chose their fate. The ones who didn't want to go along for the ride had two choices, right? Hide out and hope Allah wasn't quite ready for them in Paradise, or "rat" on the guys getting ready to attack to the Prison Guards. Life is full of choices.
Like it or not, the attacking prisoners have to be seen as violating the terms of their surrender. Legitimate targets, in other words.
[ 11-30-2001: Message edited by: Toad ]
