I ask this in all seriousness. Should the US institute a secret Hannibal Directive if a pilot, special ops troop or other personnel is captured by terrorists? A little background. The IDF has the HD as a backup if efforts to rescue captured personnel prove futile. What is it? It means that they attempt to kill the captors AND the IDF member by use of air, artillery, or naval gunnery strikes.
Is it the right thing to do?
I just don't know.
What I do know is that ISIS has changed the game...well quite honestly they simply raised awareness. Many people have been tortured and then mercilessly killed by terrorists. They just never broadcast it live for the world to see. Remember the attack in Mumbai? Want to know why I was so outraged? Because the terrorists attacked, brutally beat, raped an elderly woman while her husband watched, castrated him and then shot them both in the face.
You know the issues with ISIS and their decapitating journalists. So what should we do if one of our pilots is captured? Could we consider a full on Tomahawk strike a gentle mercy? I'm wondering.
Is it the right thing to do?
I just don't know.
What I do know is that ISIS has changed the game...well quite honestly they simply raised awareness. Many people have been tortured and then mercilessly killed by terrorists. They just never broadcast it live for the world to see. Remember the attack in Mumbai? Want to know why I was so outraged? Because the terrorists attacked, brutally beat, raped an elderly woman while her husband watched, castrated him and then shot them both in the face.
You know the issues with ISIS and their decapitating journalists. So what should we do if one of our pilots is captured? Could we consider a full on Tomahawk strike a gentle mercy? I'm wondering.
