Posted on 11/26/2013 9:17:13 PM PST by huldah1776
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"Said retired Army Col. Ken Allard, now a military analyst: “Call me crazy, but what on earth is the point of remaining there under these [rules of engagement], much less subjecting American soldiers to another set of restrictions that make sense only in proportion to your distance from the combat zone?”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
New ROE-after you’re killed you can fight back.
“U.S. forces shall not enter Afghan homes for the purposes of military operations, except under extraordinary circumstances involving urgent risk to life and limb of U.S. nationals,”
Bull$@$t, dear leader.
I have heard that over 200 senior officers, including those of flag status have either been fired...Or been forced to retire since this administration took over...
My nephew is due to deploy to he suck in March...As a new E-4 he has some additional responsibilities and I am extremely confident in him and his unit and officers...
We talk about the stuff we can on the phone, but these new ROE’s concern me, yet i’m sure we’ll talk about them when he visits next month...
This, I believe, will be the last major deployment of Marines to Afghanistan...
But who knows...I knew tjis deployment would have dynamics that would make these guys a bit more exposed to scrutiny, politically and socially from the Afghan people...
We’ll just have to hope their exposure is limited and adjusted for the increase in vunerabilities...
Not quite. We won .... and Barack Obama nullified our victory, threw it away, out of vindictive hatred of America and our too-pale, too-stale people </off Hillary rant>.
He's in a hurry to realize the Post-American America, brown and alien and Marxist-Leninist and utterly unlike the People of the United States.
As America's _Resident cuts and runs like a girl, to nullify the accomplishments of his predecessor, all the Afghans must now adjust.
Since we're leaving anyway, all the Afghans will come to the airport, shoot at the airplanes as they fly away, and then lie to their grandchildren that they drove us off just as the great Bin Laden had foretold them, after he killed our people in droves in New York for ignoring the Call to Faith.
</off enemy b.s.>
Well, I see my nephews next deployment to be filled with a lot of sh!t to deal with, which makes their proximity to the bad people more dangerous...
I hope the worst doesn’t happen to him or his squadmates, some of whom I have met over the last year...
I cannot guarantee my personal reaction would be deemed reasonable, or socially acceptable...
I used to believe being on the friont lines was a noble thing to do, because you had manythings working for you, first and foremost God...Second, the guys next to you, no matter the personal differences, when the sh!y hit the fan, all that went away and you did your job...
And finally, you had a good feeling that if you did get hurt or killed, your country, and your government had your back...
I feel that third thing has been watered down (by the body politic) to a point where it is no longer something you (as a service member)can have a great deal of confidence in...
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