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Iraq body count

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Just criminals in military fatigues...

In 1965, senior military commander of United States forces in Vietnam Gen. William Westmoreland, developed the aggressive strategy of "search and destroy". The objective was to find and then kill members of the National Liberation Front. The US soldiers found this difficult. As one marine captain explained: "You never knew who was the enemy and who was the friend. They all looked alike. They all dressed alike." Innocent civilians were often killed. As one Marine officer admitted they "were usually counted as enemy dead, under the unwritten rule 'If he's dead and Vietnamese, he's VC'."
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Just an observation....but the guy's cammies are waaaaay too big for him. He looks like a Large/Regular in a size 2X/Long. Also his sleeves look like shit....only bag ass Marines roll their sleeves like that.

Plus he's wearing his cover inside....no cover inside unless under arms.

The lack of detail and skill makes it hard for me to pay attention to anything else in the piece..