Sunday, January 09, 2005

Apparently the US troops in Iraq have announced a change in tactics

According to this story this is one of the first tests of the new tactics. Hmm, that isn't working out too well. Seems they used to keep moving after a roadside bomb goes off. Now they will stop and engage (ie kill the hell out of) the people who set off the bomb. That sort of assumes that the people who set off the bomb are still there and that other, rather more innocent people aren't there. Not working too well yet. Let's have a little quiz. Assuming you are an "insurgent" and you are aware of the new policy to stay at the side of a roadside bomb detonation and shot people you will do which of the following:

a) stay near the detonation so that you can get shot
b) be far away from the detonation so that you won't get shot
c) set off the detonation near someplace that it would be embarrassing for the Americans to shoot-up (say, let's just pick a couple; a police check-point or maybe a school)
d) b and c, above

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