[Travis McGee]

"Dashing from boulder to boulder, diving into trenches and ducking behind stone walls as the insurgents maneuvered to outflank us, we waited more than an hour for U.S. helicopters to arrive, despite earlier assurances that air cover would be five minutes away. U.S. commanders, citing new rules to avoid civilian casualties, rejected repeated calls to unleash artillery rounds at attackers dug into the slopes and tree lines — despite being told repeatedly that they weren't near the village.

Doncha just love restrictive ROE? Dejavu, "how to lose a war."

[Squantos]

Taliban is using the somali foxhole concepts well. Enemy with guns are fighters. Those near the enemy are ammo bearers.

Easier to get forgiveness than permission ............do em.

If Obama won’t let em kick some then let em come home and get some.

[444Flyer]

“Doncha just love restrictive ROE? Dejavu, “how to lose a war.””

Also a good thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335142/posts