Engaging the enemy doesn't change overall. Our troops are told not to destroy property, even if that means a gold domed mosque, or schools, or hospitals, which are used by our enemy to store large weapons caches, because they know our troops have a set of rules to abide by.
"A lot of us feel like we have our hands tied behind our back," says Cpl. Peter Mattice, of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment.