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These brutal methods eventually resulted in many towns capitulating to the Jaguars and ensuring that they completed their objectives a week ahead of schedule with light casualties. Osis' sole response about the vast damage to the civilian infrastructure and consequent loss of life was simply: "They should have surrendered after the first object lesson." While Kerensky never rebuked the Jaguars publicly, he was privately furious at both the damage and the ill-will that Osis and his warriors had wrought, and while unwilling to simply discard any tool in his arsenal he resolved to keep Osis on a tight leash thereafter.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 93</ref>
 
These brutal methods eventually resulted in many towns capitulating to the Jaguars and ensuring that they completed their objectives a week ahead of schedule with light casualties. Osis' sole response about the vast damage to the civilian infrastructure and consequent loss of life was simply: "They should have surrendered after the first object lesson." While Kerensky never rebuked the Jaguars publicly, he was privately furious at both the damage and the ill-will that Osis and his warriors had wrought, and while unwilling to simply discard any tool in his arsenal he resolved to keep Osis on a tight leash thereafter.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 93</ref>
  
In the subsequent fighting against the [[Ascendancy Martial Foundation]], Osis continued responding to resistance with bloody reprisals. When discussing the difficulties the numerically small Clans would face in assaulting Novy Moscva, Aleksandr Kerensky's old capital, Osis suggested to Nicholas a [[w:Bến Tre#Vietnam War|"Bến Tre"]] solution (razing the city completely), which was rejected. In the street fighting that ensued, the Jaguars became frustrated at their lightly armed opponents' use of guerrilla tactics, until they finally leveled one apartment block and killed over 80 civilians along with their dug-in enemies. Confronted by the ilKhan, Osis argued that since the enemy was ignoring the rules of civilized warfare, then the Clans should utilize the same tactics.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 96</ref>
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In the subsequent fighting against the [[Ascendancy Martial Foundation]], Osis continued responding to resistance with bloody reprisals. When discussing the difficulties the numerically small Clans would face in assaulting Novy Moscva, Aleksandr Kerensky's old capital, Osis suggested to Nicholas a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bến_Tre#Vietnam_War|"Bến Tre"] solution (razing the city completely), which was rejected. In the street fighting that ensued, the Jaguars became frustrated at their lightly armed opponents' use of guerrilla tactics, until they finally leveled one apartment block and killed over 80 civilians along with their dug-in enemies. Confronted by the ilKhan, Osis argued that since the enemy was ignoring the rules of civilized warfare, then the Clans should utilize the same tactics.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 96</ref>
  
 
In the post-KLONDIKE era Osis and his best warriors issued [[Trial of Possession|Trials of Possession]] for nearly every [[Brian Cache]] remaining on Eden, winning over half of them. To maintain his warriors' edge, Osis instituted a more brutal training regimen for Smoke Jaguar ''[[sibko|sibkos]]'' than that found in nearly every other Clan. However, despite his warlike outlook and glorification of his warrior caste, Osis also respected the Jaguars' civilian castes to some degree, acknowledging that their efforts were necessary to support the warriors.<ref name=ICp49 />
 
In the post-KLONDIKE era Osis and his best warriors issued [[Trial of Possession|Trials of Possession]] for nearly every [[Brian Cache]] remaining on Eden, winning over half of them. To maintain his warriors' edge, Osis instituted a more brutal training regimen for Smoke Jaguar ''[[sibko|sibkos]]'' than that found in nearly every other Clan. However, despite his warlike outlook and glorification of his warrior caste, Osis also respected the Jaguars' civilian castes to some degree, acknowledging that their efforts were necessary to support the warriors.<ref name=ICp49 />

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