As obscene as it is, war is simply defined as spending lives for gain, whether political, financial, or territorial. Lives are cheaper than loss of face or status.
In his many books "Demo Dick" Marcinko detailed the same tactics of "Unless Otherwise Directed" in Viet Nam. When hobbled by command he worked around them and one step ahead when he took His Seal Team Six on patrols that weren't authorized yet extremely affective against the VC. He's gone now and his books are supposed to be fiction. But check them out all the same and you'll see the parrallels.
As obscene as it is, war is simply defined as spending lives for gain, whether political, financial, or territorial.
Lives are cheaper than loss of face or status.
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In his many books "Demo Dick" Marcinko detailed the same tactics of "Unless Otherwise Directed" in Viet Nam. When hobbled by command he worked around them and one step ahead when he took His Seal Team Six on patrols that weren't authorized yet extremely affective against the VC. He's gone now and his books are supposed to be fiction. But check them out all the same and you'll see the parrallels.
I wish they didn’t human life as an acceptable losses.