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Originally Posted by PDLM  More than ever, otherwise the terrorists will have succeeded in destroying in a few years the principles of a civilised society which have taken centuries to establish. |
Don't be so F*****g Nieve !!!
Principles are for those with no experience of what the reality is when you are getting down and dirty with an adversary that has absolutely NO scruples and only sees Principles as a store front name to put a bomb inside.
AS for " centuries to establish " . We base our principles on what ? The Crusades, WW1, WW2, Aden, Biafra et al ??
I didn't grow up behind a desk reading about this stuff in the NYT, FT or SCMP. I served in Northern Ireland and the Gulf war ( 1 ). Have served alongside SF on ops around the world. I have been shot at AND bombed.
Intelligence is vital - get it where you can - with whatever means and then have intelligent men break it down to worthy / unworthy. The problem with the US machine is they believe all they hear. Such is the political pressure to achieve results.
The experience of what is required to combat an adversary that has no " discipline manual ", that only gets praise the more inventive means he finds to kill the enemy. That takes praise from a press calling him " devilish, unprincipled " will never have a chance of being vindicated by the Liberal press. Those great journalists that make objective reports are called the " enemy of the state ". The Liberal press want interrogation techniques based perhaps upon the honour system ?
Reality has never been a priority with most jurnos It means you actually have to have experience getting down and dirty, not experience retrieving your pen from under a table in the wine bar round the corner.
Likewise people who write here such inane comments.
