[machpamb]

Killing terrorists with kindness? Winning their hearts and minds? We tried that mess in Vietnam, only it failed horribly then, and certainly isn't working now either. Our forces have one armed tied behind their backs when they can't outwardly show their contempt for the enemy..

Agreed. IMO when a military is hamstrun in their capacity to deal death to their foe, they have lost.

but they kill anybody and anything they "consider" the enemy. Hey.. your my enemy!.. DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

Hiding among civilians is cowardly, but are you seriously suggesting that they should fight the American military, the most powerful military in the world, in a wide open field, with no cover/concealment, equipment, or tactics? Who in their right mind would do that? There is a whapping big difference between using cover and consealment, and using civilians as shields.