At least we now know the ROE: take out our alllies and ignore the enemy.
Sniper - wow - that’s all we need
“At least we now know the ROE: take out our allies and ignore the enemy.”
I might temper that notion with this reality:
The Afghan National Army have never been a “safe” force that our men could trust to have their backs; the ANA were NEVER firmly in the ranks of “our allies.”
“One time, I went for a run when I wasn’t on shift, just so I could stay in some sort of decent physical condition. I carried my rifle with me and ran with it like a private at Marine boot camp, primarily because you never want to be *that guy* that loses his weapon in a combat zone, but also because we shared our base with pit vipers, wild dogs, and most notably, Afghans. Keep in mind, these are the ANA/ANP that are supposedly on our side, but one of the biggest threats to coalition forces in the entire country, right behind IEDs, was getting shot in the back of the head at dinner by the ANA or ANP. Most senior officers who have died in Afgh in the past decade have been killed by friendlies, either in cold blood or in coordinated suicide attacks using people on our bases (contractors, ANA, ANP, etc).”
— Capt. Seth Keshel, U.S. ARMY
https://fatherlyadviceandrants.com/2021/08/17/seth-keshel-on-the-afghanistan-situation/
What’s written in this blog is, essentially, the transcript of a video interview with Keshel. I’ve seen it, and I’ll try to locate it. In the meantime, I’ll vouch for the content being pretty much verbatim.