Atheist wrote:Paphitis wrote:Atheist wrote:Paphitis wrote:Atheist wrote:But the 99.9% of people are no such heroes. They will fight for as long as they have a chance of winning the battle. If they have zero chance then they will surrender rather than die.
Maybe the 99.9% will get to understand things a little clearer that there is no surrender without this being ordered by the CO.
If anyone wants to disobey this chain, perhaps being shot in the back will send a clearer message to the other 99.9%
It's harsh, but there is a lot more at stake here and sometimes these things are necessary and they have been practiced before by many countries, including USA and Australia unofficially as such deaths where chalked as KIA by the enemy.
When a CO makes such a drastic decision, they do not have you in mind, but the rest of the unit and the strategic task at hand.
We are talking about the military here right? Not F-Troops.
If you think they will let you surrender whilst the rest remain at their posts, only for you to betray them, you got another thing coming!
They will tell your family that you fought very hard as well and even reward you with a medal.
If the CO orders the soldiers to essentially suicide when they have zero chance of winning a battle then you can be certain that it is the CO who will be shot on the back and it is his family that will get the medal
But that would rarely happen as the CO wouldn't want to suicide either. The empty big words of heroism end when faced with certain death.
Stop posting nonsense. No CO is going to order anyone to their death.
As to the chances of a win, I think you should leave that to those in command who are trained to assess the situation as it changes.
And no, soldiers with your kind of attitude, and disrespect were shot all the time by friendly fire and the casualty was always blamed on the enemy.
No unit will shoot their CO, if the CO is always present looking after his men, and leads by example.
Thanks for the warning. Problem for them is that they don't know what my attitude is since they don't know who I am
It is a big mistake for them to assume that all soldiers have an attitude of submission and will blindly follow their orders.
As far as I am concerned no moronic "monimos" is in better position to judge the situation. So if any monimos tries something stupid that will lead to certain death then I will make sure that his family will receive that medal
They know who you are. And if you get any weird ideas on the battlefield such as what you posted here, there might be a CNG bullet with your name on it.
Friendly fire is a bitch!