in its orginal context and contempary (Iraq) context?
2006-12-14 08:42:23 · 11 answers · asked by mbtafan 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It's an old saying from wars of long past. If you were ordered to "take no prisoners", you would basically overcome a military objective (such as a town, hill, or fortification) with brute force, killing everybody and taking no prisoners of war (even if they surrender).
Today, it refers to a cutthroat attitude in which someone tries to achieve their objective regardless of cost, or how it may affect or hurt others while doing it.
2006-12-14 08:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by Capt. Obvious 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No mercy, no prisoners, kill everyone down to the last woman and child.
Have no idea about the contemporary context. Although, I can assume with todays bleeding heart PC attitude it means to not do anything but let them all be.
2006-12-14 16:51:48 · answer #2 · answered by parsonsel 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
original context was "kill everyone, leave none behind to be prisoners"
Iraq context: Who knows? Bush has reinvented the vocabulary so many times, it could mean give them a foot massage.
2006-12-14 16:50:46 · answer #3 · answered by Draco Paladin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unknown to me is the rules of Iraq and therefore I am unable to answer this question.
2006-12-14 16:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take -no-prisoners mean: I don't care if women, children, pets All has to die! we go in only we come out! kill anything that move. in the u.s.a. Germany, Korea.
2006-12-14 17:06:15 · answer #5 · answered by cancerone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just want to say that Obviousman's answer is the only good one here... Everyone else gave a really bad answer.
2006-12-14 17:17:15 · answer #6 · answered by brooks b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understanding is that instead of capturing people and putting them in holding cells, they just eliminate them. No one is left alive. Done Deal.
2006-12-14 16:50:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Waste no man power. Kill 'em all!
2006-12-14 16:50:57 · answer #8 · answered by Steve H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kill them all, so there won't be any prisoners.
2006-12-14 16:51:09 · answer #9 · answered by unknown 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave no one alive, kill everyone.
2006-12-14 16:49:45 · answer #10 · answered by Brite Tiger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋