"He has increased the violence, trebled the number of special forces raids by British, American, Dutch and Australian special forces going out killing Taliban commanders, and there has been a lot more rather regrettable boasting from the military about the body count," said Cowper-Coles. He added that the use of statistics was reminiscent of the Vietnam war. "It is profoundly wrong and it's not conducive to a stable political settlement." All absolutely true. More here.
They counted cut off ears in Nam.
ReplyDeleteWhen one ear was not enough of a tally to show victory. They cut off both ears, doubling the body count.
The horror, the horror.
We'll get that soon.
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