That’s all we need. Individual troops starting an international incident. Or worse yet, troops in a domestic designated hostile-fire area deciding to open fire on Americans “for self defense” (Janet Reno, anyone?)
No, what we need is the government to start acting responsibly when putting troops into hostile-fire areas, not just leaving them as targets.
So you think our American troops would start an international incident by defending themselves in a “designated hostile fire area” like in the Middle East?
Should they walk around without armament too?
That’s all we need. Individual troops starting an international incident.
I don’t see that happening although insurgents in both Iraq and Afghanistan have tried to create them. Insurgents tend to carry off weapons after a firefight. Our troops have been accused of murdering innocent civilians because no weapons were found with the dead. For over 40 years our Rules of Engagement have moved more towards protecting the enemy and away from protecting our troops.