Friday, June 09, 2006
"Kill Anything That Moves". posted by Richard Seymour
Lance Corporal James Crossan discusses the 'rules of engagement' (ROEs) in Fallujah: "Our ROEs were kill anything that moves".
"We would kick in doors and there would be a 90-year-old man standing there," Kaufman recounted. "He is saying, 'This is my house. I'm not leaving my house.'" In that frenzied situation, Kaufman realized that he could have shot the old man. But as he put it, "I just couldn't do it. You get to a point where you get tired of the killing."