[Hoplite]

That's such a strawman and you know it.

No, I don't, and sadly you don't either. Our troops can't be intelligently equated in aim or method to, for example, the Interhamwe, however strongly you feel that all wars were created or are prosecuted equally.

Didn't the allies win in Europe and the Pacific?

Yes, but those victories were not won by killing civilians. If they were, why didn't Germany surrender after the Hamburg firebombing in July of '43, and Japan after the Tokyo firebombing of March '45? Or for that matter, why didn't Great Britain surrender during the Blitz of 1940?

I thought the whole goal of the War on Terror was to eliminate any an all supporters of global terrorism

If we kill civilians in our prosecution of that goal, we'll just wind up with more supporters of global terrorism - hence the present ROE in Afghanistan.

Do yourself a favor, have a look at FM 3-24 (PDF) and familiarize yourself with the subject matter, specifically, sections 7-30 through 7-36, and sections E-5 & E-6.

[randomhero97]

Yes, but those victories were not won by killing civilians. If they were, why didn't Germany surrender after the Hamburg firebombing in July of '43, and Japan after the Tokyo firebombing of March '45? Or for that matter, why didn't Great Britain surrender during the Blitz of 1940?

Umm, Japan surrended after Nagasaki was bombed.

If we kill civilians in our prosecution of that goal, we'll just wind up with more supporters of global terrorism - hence the present ROE in Afghanistan.

So the strategy is to make our troops expendable? You seem to be okay with this as long as there are no civilian casualties. I'm sure the families of the Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen are okay with that as well. It doesn't matter what we do, supporters of global terrorism are growing exponentially every day.

The ROE only means one thing and that it's time to bring'em home.