• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Soldiers in Afghanistan in the latter part weren’t even allowed to return fire unless they were fired upon and the shots were close to hitting.

    The same rule is used at the DMZ in Korea, with the added bit of never actually hit a North Korean.

    • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      tbf, neither of those is an active warzone. DMZ is under an armistice, and Afghanistan was an occupation. In both cases the hot part of the war is over, and peace/pacification is the order of business.