F*ck the Moral High Ground...

.... doesn't work in Iraq, and it doesn't work in anywhere else. When you're engaging an adversary, putting yourself at a chivalrous disadvantage to please the court of public opinion makes you less effective on the ground, where effectiveness is the only metric that matters.

Fighting "dirty," using whatever means available and necessary, is what succeeds most efficiently.  Gentlemanly fisticuffs will always end up a bloody heap when confronted by UFC brawling, writ whatever size, on whatever field.

Go Oilers.

Poop.