Not a fair comparison at all. You are comparing an idealist with professionals. He gets far more leeway from me being a civilian than he would if he was military. In effect, trading one's freedom and an unwilling participant's means of surviving for nothing would be tossed onto the planning room floor without much consideration.
On a military mission, the professional Marines (soldiers
) all signed up to risk and/or possibly lose their lives to accomplish the mission. Any mission is going to have a risk, gain-loss assessment before it gets off a desk. Potential friendly gain/loss vs potential enemy gain/loss vs collateral damage - noncombatant personnel/infrastructure loss. In short, is it worth it? Unique to the US is we go to the stupid level on the collateral damage issue due to armchair chickenhawks, politicians and a merciless MSM, all looking to shit on the mission and anyone connected to it. Be that as it may, that is how we are trained.
From a military POV, Peskov did not do an objective risk assessment. If he did, then he's lousy at math. No way is the opportunity to run one's mouth a bit worth 5 years in prison, nor is it worth taking away the livelihood of a noninvolved person swept up in the cleanup.
What we don't know is what Peskov's relationship with his KGB mother was. We do know it has long been established that one of the most formidable weapons the USSR used against its people was threat to family.
Originally Posted by Gunny
Not a fair comparison at all. You are comparing an idealist with professionals. He gets far more leeway from me being a civilian than he would if he was military. In effect, trading one's freedom and an unwilling participant's means of surviving for nothing would be tossed onto the planning room floor without much consideration.
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