Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
It seems that we've lost the hanging expertise, judging by that Iraqi bloke whose head came off from too long a drop.
The wag says:

"What, too quick for ya?"

But eh, it is a precise science, soldiers lynching people are unlikely to be scientific.

Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
Didn't we get hanging down to a science to do the same thing? Seems like a waste of bullets/soldier's psyche. Actually now that I think about it, why to the chest? Seems like bullets to the head would have a lower chance of screwing up and leaving a man concious while he dies.
See above - as to "why to the chest" the answer is that a headshot is hard.