From American Merc: But winning the war isn't about destruction, it is about making the enemy irrelevant to the outcome. You can do that by destroying the Army, but that rarely happens in an insurgency. We never defeated the British Army in our Revolution, we simply defeated the small portion that was stationed on the Continent. The British eventually took their ball and went home until the War of 1812.
You win a war the same way you win a fight: You make the other side change their mind about fighting (best case) or you destroy their ability to fight.
You will not break the will of the enemy by targeting and killing their wives and children at home or school. Kill my wife and what you have done is unleash me to be the most brutal bastard you've ever seen until I am dead, and you've removed any moral leash as well. If I can't reach you, I'll find a way to bring you into the open, even if that means I eat your dog on the front steps of your home.
By the same token: The gal who is working as a clerk at City Hall who processes the arrest warrants for the Gestapo - she isn't a wife or daughter that day. She is a tool of the enemy, doing the work of the enemy, keeping the machine of the enemy running. When she no longer processes those papers, the ability of the enemy is diminished.
Yes, Virginia, Evil people can have a vagina, too.
Understand the differences and work the nuances into whatever matrix you have built for yourself.
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Kerodin
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