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Just the fact that this award has even been considered goes to show exactly where our military is going, we are moving from a "here to fight" military to a "here to hold your hands and inflict no bodly harm or casualties of war" military. This is utterly disgusting and personally infuriates me, I joined the military with the hopes that I would be in the best possible unit with outstanding leadership, not wondering if I would be charged with some type of crime for defending myself or any of my commrades. Let me ask one thing, If you were to "restrain" yourself due to the fact that civilian lives may be lost, and in that process one of your fellow soldiers were to get hurt or die, what type of award would you be put in for? I understand that winning over the local populace in any theater of war is a huge victory and a major step in the process, but ask yourself why are these civilians in the same place at the same time as these fighters. The civilian population know when these attacks will happen and decide to be in the area or not. The act of "restraint" has been around for a long time. Many of you may know it as having a little "tactical patience." Maybe these soldiers are using a little tactical patience in order to let the situation develop so they can exploit it as much as possible.These top commanders just want to put a new title on it and say the restraint is due to the possible loss of civilian life. Just my 0.2 cents.
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