I agree with both, as if you take Davo's comments in the simplest form he is right, you do not have to know your enemy in order to kill him. However, if you want to DEFEAT your enemy as I'm figuring Swazo is inferring, then you must know the root cause and what makes them fight. A key problem in the Vietnam war, and a problem the military has not adapted to quickly enough in the GWOT. However, today, we do know how to defeat this enemy and what makes them fight....

Originally posted by Swazo:
Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by Swazo:
But I am for knowing who is attacking us and why, and stopping them before they can do any more harm. To kill your enemy, you have to know them first.


Typical. And just to clarify, you do not have to know your enemies in order to kill them. All I have to know is that they're trying to kill me, and that will make me want to kill them. But your desire to know them is typical of your side. It wouldn't be a bad thing, but you let the desire to know our enemies hamper our means of destroying them.



When you've been in the military davo, then you can talk The more knowledge you have about who you're dealing with, the better off you are. That doesn't mean sit on our hands and wait for them to attack us again


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