[SLB]

The key board warriors are at it again, so I will add my two cents worth.

It is easy to say what we would like to have happen, but the reality of politics kicks in. It would be great to bomb some of these places back to the stone age, but we won't. We will try to placate them, try to work with the local governments to give them some say in what actions we will be taking. I do think the ROE for the entire theater needs to be relooked. If someone is seen carrying a weapon and is not readily identifiable as a member of the Iraqi Police he is then a hostile combatant and should be treated as such.

[HiJinx]

If someone is seen carrying a weapon and is not readily identifiable as a member of the Iraqi Police he is then a hostile combatant and should be treated as such.

Your comment has been rattling around in the back of my head for quite some time, slightly modified.

Anyone carrying an RPG round or launcher is de facto the enemy and deserves to be terminated. Period. End of discussion.

And as for wholesale levelling of Fallujah...you're quite right. We are taking out the enemy right now without slaughtering civilians. I won't call them innocents, but they are non-combatants and as such deserve some sort of mercy. I guess that's just our 'good guys in white hats' way of doing things.