This is an op-ed by some crusty, old, retired Marine lieutenant colonel in a media site owned by Monster.com. Calling this an op-ed ran by the US military is a big stretch
I’ll serve crack before I serve this country.
kidnap me from my wife and children and force me into some trench with proles who speak a different language, and I will frag the fuck out of you, this has been a public service announcement
The moment they give me a gun, I’d shoot the guy who gave me the gun and the guy who told him to give me a gun. Make Officers Fragged Again.
You’d probably want to wait at least a few minutes in that hypothetical unless you were seeking to just be shot by either the second guy or the third guy.
Also, bullets are traceable and fragging worked well in Vietnam because it wasn’t.
How are bullets traceable? There’s no micro stamping and rifling marks, much like other forensics, is suspect at best.
the added effect of increasing public pressure to prevent open-ended wars led by unaccountable senior leaders like we experienced in our national debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ah yes, public pressure keeping leaders accountable, a common occurrence in the US
