Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
This could be a good thread- keep it coming.
I hope to maintain this myself as often as possible, but anyone should feel free to chime in!

Glad you're interested.

But wait, there's more. The concept of de-escalation sounds like a good concept. Here you go:

http://www.military.com/Opinions/0,,Lind_062905,00.html

When the patrol (in Humvees) passes a busy street, Lieutenant Waters ... tells his men to get out and start walking. As the foot patrol makes its way through the streets, an old Shiite woman in a black hejab invites Waters into her house. At the threshold, Waters politely waits.

"I don't want to track the dirt from the street into your house," he tells her ...

Waters is trying to gain the trust of this tense district, where the US has previously been regarded with hatred and suspicion ...
What has enabled Lt. Waters and his unit of California National Guardsmen to get it right? Lt. Waters is a cop. Specifically, he is a sheriff from Sacramento. He is dealing with the people of Baghdad the same way he deals with the people back home, politely and with a genuine desire to help. His unit has not killed anyone because Lt. Waters knows cops succeed by de-escalating, not by escalating violence. Cops try very hard not to kill people. In fact, cops don't want to fight at all.