December 6, 2025
The asinine six
By Mark Coppenger
Mark Kelly and his cohorts know full well that military training is full of cautionary examples when it comes to the Geneva Accords and the Law of Land Warfare. I think back to the western Oklahoma prairie at Fort Sill, where several of us were herded down a test “lane” by the controller who told us we were on LRRP (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol). As we walked up a creek bed, we spied a “Vietnamese” man about thirty feet ahead in black pajamas and a cone hat, sleeping under a tree with a hoe at his side. As we approached, he stirred and spotted us. At this point, the controller stopped us to ask what we should do.
LRRP missions are run behind enemy lines, and the patrols travel typically by night and sleep by day. Their job is observation, not confrontation. So maybe, to avoid detection, we needed to “kill” him and hide the body since he would undoubtedly run to alert others and blow our cover. Besides, he was just one guy, and more lives than his were at stake. But murder wasn’t an option. I can’t remember our conclusion, but it may have been something along the lines of, “Let’s tie him up and then head out in a false direction to fool him before we get back on track.” The overarching point was that we didn’t intentionally harm civilians to accomplish our mission. (Yes, that raises WWII bombing questions about Dresden, Tokyo, etc., matters much in play in college classes on the ethics of peace and war. But I don’t think that’s what the Six are talking about. If, though, they think somebody’s planning to carpet bomb Caracas, they should say so.)
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