Maybe if the Rules of engagement allowed them prosecute a War
instead of presenting themselves as ready targets for the America Hating Muslims ... but the point is well put—the idiot who filmed it —ought share a cell with Manning.
We sacrificed so much in Iraq, to win the hearts and minds. We got the Sunnis and Shiites to at least somewhat work together against terrorists. We got people craving justice rather than for their side to win.
And then we told the terrorists when we were gonna leave, left then when t was too early, and handed the whole place over to Iran.
What could be more demoralizing to the soldiers who have seen their brothers in the field sacrifice life, limb, and their own marriages to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqis right before handing them over to the Iranian mullahs?
If we’re not there to achieve victory then what is the point of even being there? As you say - unless we are willing to do what it takes to win, we’re just there as ready targets.
And that’s why I wonder if Obama is using Afghanistan to get rid of the patriotic military force that alone would resist his own coup here in the USA.