I saw something not long ago with a fairly high ranking retired military official (don't remember who) stating that basically they tell our servicemen to provide basic information but spill your guts rather than expose yourself to torture.
The philosophy being that the average Soldier, Sailor, Marine, or Airman doesn't know anything critical and will eventually break if the captors want them to. So why put them through the paces? > You guys just decide to pass this one up? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Timothy J > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 1:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: UK's troops being seized.. > > Reuters has eye witnesses placing them in Iraqi waters. > > http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL24273137 > > Look, I don't know what the British train sailors and Marines to do when > captured. With us at the basic level it's supposed to still be name, > rank and serial number, but I have serious doubts that many American > forces would really hold out long. I know in SERE we're trained to > resist and escape. Feed misinformation and so forth, but I seriously > doubt these guys and gal were trained at that level. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231914 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
