The Face Of The Enemy

The barbaric murder of two US soldiers in Iraq is horrific, but hardly surprising. Brutally torturing captured prisoners to death is a page right out of the mujahideen playback from the war against the Russians in Afghanistan. After a few such incidents, Russian troops took to making sure that they saved the last round for themselves rather than be taken alive. A precaution that US cavalry soldiers on the frontier also were advised to take during the Indian Wars and one that will no doubt be considered by US troops in Iraq going forward.