On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 15:17, Thomas Shaddack wrote: > Pentagon protects their people by distance - being it by bombing from high > altitude, or by using cruise missiles. > > Everybody uses the technology available to them. What's bad on it? > > Invariably, the side that uses the defensive measure - being it smart > weapons[1] or human shields - classifies it as tactical, while the other > side considers it cowardly. > > A nice example of symmetry in asymmetry. > > > [1] The defensive aspect here is to allow the attackers to attack from > distance beyond the reach of the other side's active defenses, thus not > risking anything more than a piece of overpriced electronics.
If some asshole is coming at you with a knife, it's cowardly to shoot him before he's in range? Dumbass.