When John Kerry ran for President, several news organizations ran clips of him as a twenty-something Vietnam veteran complaining, among other things, of free-fi

When John Kerry ran for President, several news organizations ran clips of him as a twenty-something Vietnam veteran complaining, among other things, of free-fire zones. The Wikipedia article ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-fire_zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-fire_zone ) points to similar tactics from WWII. The idea pre-dates the Gulf War by a lot. And, as described, doesn't require the level of technology that the writer mentions. There is either more to the story (that distinguishes kill boxes from WWII tactics) or less to the story than what is presented.