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ROE

"Don't bomb the Mosque"

"Wait. Just make sure there is no collateral damage"

"How close are those huts"

"wait for it..You are clear to engage."

Listen to some of the videos that are out there from the C130s, Apaches, etc..IT WILL MAKE YOU SICK!!!!"

WAR IS WAR!!!

PERIOD!!!

How many churches were spared during other wars?

WHAT A CROCK!!!

THE MOSQUES ARE NOTHING MORE THAN GLORIFIED "SAFE ZONES"

ELIMINATE THE MOSQUES AND THIS CONFLICT WILL END...FOR NOW!

Of course, Muslims will hate us more /s

DESTROY THEM OR GET OUT....PERIOD!!!!

PC IS THE DEATH OF FREEDOM!!!

THE MUSLIM ONLY UNDERSTANDS BRUTE FORCE.

UNLEASH HELL UPON THESE BASTARDS!!!

For those that disagree, get lost!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

$%$#@'EM!!!!!!!!!!!

Battle in Nuristan Details - Saturday 03 OCT 09. "Once the jets arrived overhead, they began to drop bombs on the masses, the swarms of insurgents. Usually, the insurgents conduct a raid at dawn, do their damage, and flee. Not this day. I looked at my watch, and it was after 1000 and the insurgents were still attacking, even though it should have become clear to them after the close air arrived that they could no longer hope to completely overrun the camp. The Close Air was on station continuously after that, and as soon as one plane dropped its bombs and strafed, another came down to hit targets – some very close to camp. The mosque was hit by a Hellfire, and open source now reports that a high profile insurgent named Dost Mohammad was killed there. A target described as a “switchback” was bombed repeatedly and the insurgents seemed to simply re-occupy it only to be bombed out of it again. (Several pieces of weapons and equipment has since been found there.) The “North Face” was also repeatedly bombed and strafed."

ROE had nothing to do with the above Nuristan TET. What were the tactics, techniques and procedures our guys used there? Our troops were left tactically exposed without support. Tactical Incompetence.

To post 82 I say AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is where I stand ansel. It probably matters little to you since you are so blinded by the beauty of the sword that you completely ignore the hand that wields it.

I don’t believe in allowing the weenies at the State Department to tell our soldiers they cannot pursue a fleeing enemy into the lawless regions of Pakistan. I don’t believe in allowing civilian lawyers to write the rules of engagement. I don’t believe in allowing congressmen to call our sons murderers. I don’t believe in building schools in a foreign country with our military. I don’t believe in prosecuting terrorists and enemy combatants in our courts with the same rights you and I have. I don’t believe in using those same courts to prosecute our soldiers for a snap decision made in the heat of combat.

My definition of winning in Afghanistan means we kill those who would kill us with minimal casualties. If it’s cheaper and more efficient we should just leave and go back again when the Taliban moves back in. Hopefully, we can seal off the escape routes first the next time and get them all.

I don’t care what happens to the ‘country’. We went there to kill those who attacked us. I don’t care about the mosques. I don’t care that the UN and State Department would be outraged if we crossed into Pakistan. If the Pakistani’s can’t control the border region and allow AQ and Taliban to set up shop there it’s not our problem. I don’t want civilian casualties but if they happen it’s the bad guys fault, not the fault of our soldiers. I don’t care if they level a whole village if that means we can kill the enemy without casualties. I don’t care about world opinion nor do I care about what the New York Times thinks. I don’t care if some terrorist or enemy combatant gets a fat lip when he is captured.

Our men and women deserve to win. That they are doing so well with one hand tied behind their backs is a testament to their strength and ability.

I would put my uniform back on if those were the rules. However, those are not the rules right now and I still would not sacrifice my son to build a school or preserve a mosque under this administration or the next one.

Combat is about killing. It’s about protecting the brother on your right and the brother on your left. It’s not about being pinned down by mortars or sniper fire from a mosque while your commander talks to his commander who talks to his commander who finally consults with some State Dept hack or attorney to get permission to destroy the mosque. It’s not about dying on some god-forsaken road from an IED on a Peace Corps mission. It’s not about watching the enemy cross a line on a map in a lawless land.

It’s not me that has lost the resolve ansel. I’ll be damned if I put my son on the tip of that sword.