Current ROE are ridiculous and make it impossible to actually win a war. If we are going to fight, we should fight to win. Kill the enemy, wherever they are. If they hold their weapons caches and safehouses in churches and hospitals then they must be destroyed. It’s regrettable but it has to happen. Geneva rules are clear on where the blame falls for civilian casualties in those cases - it’s on the people who put the civilians in harms way in the first place. By putting the gloves of “no attack zones” on our soldiers we virtually guarantee the war will never end.
If we’re not going to fight to win, we should not fight. All that accomplishes is to get our troops killed.
What has happened to us as a nation since WWII? We no longer fight to pacify the enemy, we don't even fight to win, but rather we bend over backwards to win their 'hearts & minds'!! IMHO that is a losing strategy and nothing more than a death wish on our part.
I agree completely. Look at the recent statistics - the current ROE’s are one of the reasons why more of our troops have been killed. It really is an outrage and the new rules should go into effect ASAP.