[TheeBadOne]

On Monday, 12 suspected Taliban insurgents ambushed and killed nine policemen near Kharwar in Logar province, about 56 miles south of Kabul, regional commander Hatiqulluh Luddin said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95102,00.html
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Sounds like the rebels are trying to destabilize the country by going after the peace keeping element. RIP to the Afgan families. :(

[Cosmoline]

TheeBadOne--I'll freely admit that THESE cops are at war. An army is actually targeting them for death, and is attacking in large numbers. So I would certainly excuse them if they get a little trigger happy.

[TheeBadOne]

TheeBadOne--I'll freely admit that THESE cops are at war. An army is actually targeting them for death, and is attacking in large numbers. So I would certainly excuse them if they get a little trigger happy. Not the point of my post at all, but since you said this, a question. What if they were attacking them in small numbers? :confused:

[Cosmoline]

Presumably, if a few criminals tried to attack a large group of police officers, the cops would be able to win the fight easily. No need to declare war on anyone.

[TheeBadOne]

Presumably, if a few criminals tried to attack a large group of police officers, the cops would be able to win the fight easily. No need to declare war on anyone.
How about a few criminals attacking one cop (the ususal one man squad), or even 2 cops? this gets back to your 1st reply "actually targeting them for death, and is attacking in large numbers". What constitutes a "large number", and how is that different than being targeted and killed by a 'small number'?