You don't have a clue of what you're talking about. Take away our communication devices (while letting the Taliban keep theirs) and you'd seriously hobble our military. Should we go back to Motorola 2-way radios the size of backpacks and guys who ran hand-scribbled messages from trench to trench (while the Taliban cell phones in our every move)? Not going to happen.
We bleed on the battlefield because our ROE makes us fight with our hands tied behind our backs, not because soldiers have Facebook accounts.
We have secure 2 way comm units that are the size of flip phones and not dependent on commercial cell equipment, and we have the ability to block ALL cell signals at will in theater.
You are the one without a clue as to modern communication equipment.
The backpack moto-units are so Richard Nixon, but there really are some wonderful developments in the last 50 years as far as military grade equipment, but you will not find it at the local Apple store.
“We bleed on the battlefield because our ROE makes us fight with our hands tied behind our backs, not because soldiers have Facebook accounts.”
Amen!
(worth repeating—by the way, join Rules of Engagement on Facebook)