I call your Wiki!

“The reporters found that, between 1971 and 1975, the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command had investigated the Tiger Force unit for alleged war crimes committed between May and November 1967.[7] The documents included sworn statements from many Tiger Force veterans, which detailed war crimes allegedly committed by Tiger Force members during the Song Ve Valley and Operation Wheeler military campaigns. The statements, from both individuals who allegedly participated in the war crimes and those that did not, described war crimes such as the following:

* the routine torture and execution of prisoners[8]
* the routine practice of intentionally killing unarmed Vietnamese villagers including men, women, children, and elderly people[9]
* the routine practice of cutting off and collecting the ears of victims[10]
* the practice of wearing necklaces composed of human ears[11]
* the practice of cutting off and collecting the scalps of victims[12]
* an incident where a young mother was drugged, raped, and then executed[13]
* an incident where a soldier killed a baby and cut off his or her head after the baby’s mother was killed[14]

Tiger Force on 9-mile march ending Operation Hawthorne in 1966
Tiger Force on 9-mile march ending Operation Hawthorne in 1966

The investigators concluded that many of the war crimes indeed took place.[15] Despite this, the Army decided not to pursue any prosecutions.[16]“

Sometimes the term wet boy or washer is given to an agent involved in such work.[citation needed] The term cleaner is also used.

The Russian expression “wet job” (мокрое дело) traces at least to 19th century[2][3] from Russian criminal slang (fenya, muzyka) and originally meant robbery that involved murder.

There’s a basic difference between what you term wet work, and ground combat. Basically your use of the term ear collectors tells me you spend way too much time in the cinema.

Sorry, I was not disputing John just merely pointing out an error on his semantics. I agree with his point.

Wet work, now that’s a joke, despite what Hollywood and the left spend all their time preaching, you would be amazed at how little of what Joseph Stalin referred to as wet work has EVER been done by the United States.

And as far as adventure goes, if you call waking up in the crappy hotel room, wondering if the local coffee will kill you while wondering who’s on your side today. That spending long periods of time separated from your loved ones for abysmally low pay and a benefits package that Congress thinks is a fun thing to take away from you. If You call that adventure you are one twisted puppy. Have a great day.

There are plenty of reasons people could riot, so even though Mikel’s reason makes little sense, the baby shouldn’t be thrown out with the bathwater

The people in power do not have to pull a coup. A coup is what the folks were not in power do. What the people in power do is call counterinsurgency. That is what is taught at the school of the America’s, at fort Benning Georgia and they are very good there also I had been to that school myself.

Now as to your armored vehicles going west , they are either going to the national training area at fort Irwin California, or to of the Marines in San Diego. I also want to assure you of the one thing. All machine guns both coaxial and roof mounted are removed before shipment. The 25mm chain gun on the M2 Bradley and of course the 120 MM L19 gun on the Abrams are shipped complete due to their inability to be cost effectively removed or replaced.

The people you lefties need to sweat about are being trained by the Second Calvary in urban warfare tactics at fort Polk Louisiana. I have been through that program and it is excellent.

So I take it that you and the other “leftwing” guys will be breathing a sigh of relief once the “Consequence Management Response Force” is turned over to the benevolent hands of our future Fuhrer, Barack “Adolph” Obama?
This is NOT a left wing/right wing, conservative/liberal, Republican/ Democrat issue. As comforting as those political distinctions might be for you; the harsh reality is that it matters not one whit who wins in November because it is the global fascists who have been and will be in control of the White House. Bush, McCain, Obama, etc. are all on the SAME TEAM.

Don’t worry. As long as Their team is winning (and They are) there is no reason for them to pull a coup between now and January.
Sweet dreams.