“I am so angry that our rules of engagement, made in courtrooms by people whose personal agenda has nothing to do with victory, restrict the ability of our military to do the thing we send them into battle to do: fight.”
AMEN! Having served in the military for 26 years and been to the Middle East and Somalia, I can say that stupid rules of engagement have gotten too many of our brave troops killed. I understand Geneva Convention rules and agree with them, but when some A-hole (like Obama) says our troops cannot fire until fired upon it makes my blood boil. If we ever go to war, it should be with overwhelming force until the objective is achieved. Otherwise, we will lose too many good men and women for some stupid politician’s political desires.
“If we ever go to war, it should be with overwhelming force until the objective is achieved.”
In my opinion, this is where George Bush made his biggest mistake. He should have turned Afghanistan and/or Iraq into a parking lot from the git-go. Hundreds of American lives would have been saved and the rest of the world would definitely view the United States with “shock and awe.”