Originally Posted by
William F. Owen
Sorry, but Body Counts work. That the it has been done it badly in the past by those cannot use the data usefully, does not mean it does not work.
We have to get over rejecting things just because they fail in the hands of people not skilled in their use.
Should it be THE measure of success? No, of course not, but most armies who defeated irregular forces used body counts.
The point is, you do not pursue a score as in judging success by the number you kill, but that you are sure that you are actually killing the enemy, when and as it is required. - that is why Templer used Body Counts, and British Army operations were predicated on "killing the enemy."
Do something well it works. Do it badly and it fails.
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