On Apr 22, 8:08*am, "~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
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Ken Fortenberry

why do you hate your country?

Uneducated boobs like you threaten this country and its defense.

You must not agree with George Washington who by general order to the
Revolutionary Army, forbade torture, killing, and abuse of British and
Hessian POWs even though "No Quarter" was the SOP for both the Brits
and the Hessian's.

Someone should explain to Beanbrain how British and Hessian troops
began deserting to the Revolutionary Army after Washington's order, in
large numbers and were often moved unguarded, to the frontier as
settlers . The British kept sending soldiers, and they kept deserting
to become Americans. In that way, and thru combat, we destroyed the
largest English army ever deployed overseas, commanded by their best
Generals.

And this is but one reason why the professional American officer corps
is deeply schooled in the humane treatment of POWs, and taught to keep
abuses to a minimum in the horror of combat, formally illegal and
punishable, according to circumstance.

Dave
They study history at West Point and Carlyle, not Wingnut jive.