The Isis Gang are only, seemingly, "kicking some Qud Forces butt."

As you well know, nothing is what it seems when it comes to the Middle East. Iran's Quds could stomp on Isis like an alley cat on a mouse. And, that's exactly what they were doing when Iran first sent the Quds into Iraq. But, what (and, it's a Big Deal) has been going on behind the scenes, ever so quietly? The two Big Boys on the block, Saudi Arabia and Iran, one Sunni, the other, Shia, have surreptitiously (sneaky, sneaky) kissed and made up.......at least for the current, rapidly developing situation. They're the two biggest, most powerful, and,  most influential countries there. Since neither has a firm grip on what the outcome will be, they figured out that, no matter what the unsophisticated youngsters cook up, Iran and S.A. want to come out of it unscathed, and, in a position to call the shots going forward. So, a truce, maybe just temporary, is just a really smart move on both their parts.

Now, coming back to the "boys" and the Quds: At first, Iran's shock troops began annihilating the Isis kids. And, the deal between Iran and S.A, was jelling at about the same time. The two Big Guys figured that nothing good would come out of a bloodbath between the surrogates. So, Iran told the Quds to cease the assault, but, to save face do it in a way where the hostilities wound down somewhat slowly.

tracy, you may, or, may not, have talked to your husband about how many of those 50% were misses, on purpose?

We've talked about this subject here before, I think around the time the Z man was (clearing throat) "patrolling" streets in Sanford, Fla, and, whether getting a handgun for self-protection was a good idea.

We've known for a long time that people, including soldiers during wars, have an innate, hard wired aversion to killing members of their own species, namely, other humans. I don't know if the military ever conducted studies that definitively answered the question of how many soldiers "shot to miss," "shot high," "shot only to locate enemy," etc. Studies done by active, and, recently retired, officers came up with wildly different conclusions.