"The New Soldier" by John Kerry et al

From: (Jack Linthicum)

snip he said his combat experience could
be summarized In three principles. "If it runs, It is VC [Vietcong-the
Communist enemy], waste it. If It hides, it is VC. Waste it. If It is
dead, it is VC. Count it and wait for your promotion."33
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/cuhistory/yale.htm

Sound like an isolated case to you? Know what the prize was for
killing a "VC" or bringing in his weapon with proof the owner was
dead? A three day pass.

It's called "gallows humour," sonny. It's along the lines of:

Q: How can you shoot children?
A: It's easy, you just don't lead them as much.

and referring to people who burned to death as "crispy critters" when the
cereal of that name came out.

If everyone who greased a bad guy got a 3 day pass the war would have come to a
screeching halt due to a lack of players.

You need to talk to real veterans and real historians. There is a lot of "there
I was" stuff going on and a lot of fake veterans. There are also "historians"
who are so biased they refuse to write the truth.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired