Greetings!
Martin stated:
>Rich Staats suggests that not DI'ing away from Certain Death is like
>ordering your soldiers into attacking enemy machine gun nests.
Sorry it came across *that* way. :-( Martin, I *agree* with you
that to be a Hero one must do heroic things. In the Humakt way that
would certainly involve risking death.
I was suggesting that there are times when prudent military
judgement calls for an organized unit to fall back in the face of
overwhelming odds. As Sun-Tsu pointed out, the best generals are
those who win wars without ever engaging the enemy. Yet, there are
times when soldiers are called upon to risk life and limb; it is the
nature of the profession. I've been: shot at, had teeth knocked out
and been in a coma for several days all because the military
requirements of the time demanded it. (On the other hand, I didn't
wake up any of those mornings thinking ``this would be a good day to
get into a coma!'' ;-) ) If I could have figured out a way of
avoiding those things *while* performing my duties and accomplishing
the mission, I would have done so.
Hope that flows. :-)
In service,
Rich
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