We’ve been in Afghanistan for a decade longer than we should have been. You can’t civilize a nation of savages, at least not with the constraints of modern political correctness.
Loosen the ROEs so our guys can protect themselves and get the h*** out.
To some, true glory means an inbound soldier can tell his buddies “My great granddaddy built this base”.
+1. That's why we should stay the hell out of Syria, Egypt, the Middle East. Our leaders have proven themselves incapable of setting ROEs that minimize the danger to our servicemembers.
Let's turn our focus to producing more energy in the US, and let the EU figure out how to secure their oil supply.
PC has nothing to do with it - savages can't become civilized beings in an appropriate time frame at all, PC or no PC.
In an engagement with savages, the choices are victory or surrender. Since our minds seem made up against victory, I suspect we will surrender sooner or later.