The individual troops did not decide to begin this war, did not make the critical strategic errors which turned a diplomatic problem into a maelstrom of hard tactical flak. They are the ones who have to carry out the tactics OR face charges of cowardice and imprisonment as a result. Culturally, the latter is unacceptable to most of them. And for most of them, they trusted that certain moral guidelines were at work at the strategic and diplomatic levels when they "jined up" to provide tactical manpower.

If these distinctions escape you then you are not going to add anything discriminating tot he discussion,I guess. THere's a big difference between being ordered into battle   under extreme pressure, and foisting that same fate on others to face flying lead while one stays safe in the halls of power thousands of miles away. Vive la difference.

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