Reply #17: depends.. [View All]

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like i said its messy:

have one of your guys get shot while entering a home....you'll probably toss 5 grenades in the next one and order artillary on it as well.

have everyone alive and seeing a family huddled in a corner of a house you entered, you'll be more reluctant to blow up the next house. It also depends upon the make up of the villages in lebanon, some are more christian (less hostile) some more, so that also factors in, as well as the immediate history of the battles in that area.

thats how it is.......dependant upon personalities and events. Just the fact that it is considered, talked about is part of the discussion means that its taken into account by the soldiers in the field. Also the intensity of the fighting also factors in to how much a commander will risk his soldiers lives.
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I'm afraid i dont have any "evidence" for you...just experience and histories...but as i mentioned earlier, if your really interested in understanding how it works, find some other soldiers with that experience and you'll hear similar stories. (go to the military sites, and ask.....)

how did i go off topic?....if your ask perhaps more precisly i'll anwer what i understand