When it comes to the soldiers on the ground in an actual fracas, "kill or be killed" is going to be the order of the day, with good reason.

Just being soldiers on the ground in Iraq, however, does not automatically make the context of every encounter with a non-American "kill or be killed".

When it is you with guns, and them being unarmed civilians, including women and children, "kill or be killed" is not at play...act like a human, or act like the barbarians we are presumptively there to kill is the context.

"Act like a human" is the preferred alternative in that context.

We all know that removing barbarians is well down the list of reasons why we are there, but at least presumptively it is the reason given by Dumbya and his chickenhawk minions, so they, at least, ought to make sure that we don't act like the barbarians we are purportedly removing.

Fish on...

Todd