[Red Steel]

Does anyone give a damn about the young men who are dying and being mutilated for this nation? There is no evidence that Obama or any of his minions give a damn, and now it is hard to believe McChrystal gives a damn.

Whose rules of engagement are being followed in Afghanistan? That would be Obama's. McChrystal could tell Obama to change the damn thing and support a winnable stategy, or he would resign and tell the whole damn world what is going on. Put Obama in a box.

[butterdezillion]

I don’t really know much about it, but didn’t the military get rid of Michael Yon in Afghanistan because he was revealing the problems with the current ROE?

Yon has been a credible voice in Iraq - which the military desperately needed, given the false reports and lying AP that sabotaged all their operations there. For the military to get rid of him in Afghanistan seems like shooting themselves in the foot. I guess anything to crush “dissent”.

[olrtex]

“McChrystal could tell Obama to change the damn thing and support a winnable stategy, or he would resign and tell the whole damn world what is going on.”

Yes, he could do just that. But he did not. Thus, the original question: “Does anyone give a damn about the young men who are dying and being mutilated for this nation?