If there is any doubt as to why we are STILL facing an active war in Iraq, and in this case - Afghanistan - we need to look no farther than how we are intentionally crippling our own troops.
Again - when you try to fight a "PC" war, you are going to loose. Our formerly beloved POTUS, GWBush, who looked like a hero when the WOT began, now looks like another sniveling whimp.
I have had it - either FIGHT THE DANGED WAR, or bring ALL of our troops worldwide back home. We obviously are not REALLY going to fight anybody. Bring them home, put 100K troops on the southern border, and just ignore the rest of the world's problems.
I am much of your opinion. You cannot fight a war and go around arresting the troops for doing what they were trained to do.
A group of troops comes under attack,and they come out shooting, If you get in the way thats tough,but its war. there isnt time to look around and say that one is just observing ,and that one is eating his lunch, that one is trying to kill me. These are young men,away from home nervous and yes, frightened. Not the kind of fright that makes you run, the kind of fright that makes you fight.
Thats what training does, It takes away the urge to run when scared and turns that fear into retribution. Then we relieve them for doing their jobs,or worse yet we arrest and punish them for it.
Either its a war or it isnt, if its war then fight it,if it isnt then come home. We dont need these men being sacrificed to Political correctness.