ISIS burns own fighters alive for letting Ramadi fall
Makes for motivated Commanders and "Dedicated" troops Seriously, is there any doubt these Islamo-fascists mind set is the same as their profit?They combine medieval fanaticism and savagery with 21st...
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That would seem to me counter productive, much like getting someone to execute his own mother. Even the Romans only decimated their Legions for performance lapses.
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Not the best way to handle performance evaluations, but what do you expect from these guys?
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It does set the precedent for the rest of the fighters. Fight to the death or we will find a more painful way (and ensure your soul does not go to Paradise) to execute you in disgrace. This will...
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While the method is savage, the Communists were no laggards in the same department. Whether it be Russia , China or Vietnam. It is an extreme, Manichean ideology manifesting itself in practice.
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I believe Stalin switched to an appeal to patriotism.
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Condottiere wrote:I believe Stalin switched to an appeal to patriotism.No Condottiere, Stalin was ruthless enough to apply both methods.
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Red Army troops were followed by NKVD units with orders to machine gun any who retreated
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Condottiere wrote:That would seem to me counter productive, much like getting someone to execute his own mother. Even the Romans only decimated their Legions for performance lapses. The Roman empire...
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OSCSSW wrote:Condottiere wrote:I believe Stalin switched to an appeal to patriotism. No Condottiere, Stalin was ruthless enough to apply both methods. Just as ISIS does - just substitute religion for...
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our English cousins didn't mind putting Admiral Byng in front of a firing squad pour encourager les autres.
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SMS12 wrote:our English cousins didn't mind putting Admiral Byng in front of a firing squad pour encourager les autres. The shot him for demonstrable dereliction of duty, at a time when the buck...
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Aggressive tactics was a virtue, even if discretion was the better part of valour. The Royal Navy could afford to lose ships, and apparently in the long run it pays off, combined with their industrial...
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Fortunately the French had beheaded most of the officer class earlier. The RN could take on even superior forces with some confidence.
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Um, Byng was executed in 1757 during the 7 Years War. Mlle Guillotine lay decades in the future. (It might be pointed out that while death was the mandatory penalty, the Court expressed its extreme...
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Speaking of moral penalties, the Daeshii have just announced an across the board fifty percent pay cut; on the plus side, no downsizing. Apparently, they have a temporary liquidity problem.
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True, I was thinking of RN tactics generally against the French.Byng didn't slack off, he was shafted. Given no time to prepare his ships and forced to land his marines to carry more ground .
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Unfair punishment and ridicule can be counter productive.Would Craddock have gone Kamikaze if they hadn't court Marshalled Milne?Or would Arbuthnot been so keen to get HMS Defence into the fight if he...
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OSCSSW wrote:Condottiere wrote:I believe Stalin switched to an appeal to patriotism. No Condottiere, Stalin was ruthless enough to apply both methods. My father fought in the RKKA. He once remarked...
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