My thoughts exactly, let them do what they were trained to do or bring them home. The more restrictive the ROE, the more our troops pay.
Their rules of engagement should be no tighter than the rules our own police operate under.
All we need there is a drone station.
The place is not even suitable to place our people at an airbase.
This is so ridiculous, it’s sickening and again I ask, where the ‘f’ is code pink????
Nevermind, it’s a rhetorical question.
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Betrayed : The Shocking True Story of Extortion 17 as told by a Navy SEAL’s Father
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They are relentless in pushing back on this travesty .
I don’t understand why anyone would join the military in this day and age. I don’t understand why anyone who is currently in the military would stay in the military.
I can only assume it’s for the paycheck ‘cause there ain’t no jobs for them.
“... The rules of engagement place the burden on U.S. air and ground troops to confirm with certainty that a Taliban fighter is armed before they can fire - even if they are 100 percent sure the target is the enemy. In some cases, aerial gunships have been denied permission to fire even though they reported that targets on the move were armed ...
“... “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,” Mr. Obama pledged ...
“Terrorist-hunting missions will require U.S. personnel to engage in combat by accompanying Afghans on counterterrorism raids and supplying close-air support. That is why the rules for when U.S. troops can and cannot fire on the enemy or enter a dwelling remain important ...”
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The formerly less restrictive ROEs were responsible for the Seal Team 6 RPG attack and the total lack of reponse.
I wonder if an objective analysis would show that more of our American troop injuries and deaths are caused by our own government than by enemy action if we could fight without the current ROEs?
How many generals have resigned or publicly complained about these PC rules of engagements which our killing American soldiers?
None. This gives me a clear picture of the leadership in the military today.
1. The rules of engagement place the burden on U.S. air and ground troops to confirm with certainty that a Taliban fighter is armed before they can fire — even if they are 100 percent sure the target is the enemy. In some cases, aerial gunships have been denied permission to fire even though they reported that targets on the move were armed.
2. “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,” Mr. Obama pledged in a letter to the Afghan leader.
This obscenity means that armed enemy within a dwelling simply have to wait for troops to become targets, and then they can fire with impunity. Our troops are forbidden to enter that fighting position that is also a dwelling because they will be told "there is no threat to life or limb if you just leave it alone and exit the area."
These ROE are additional grounds for impeachment.
Afghanistan is just another Korea and Vietnam.
Its a limited war, a police action.
A higher tech, lower casualty version of Korea and Vietnam.
Its ironic to realize that the supply lines for both sides in this war run through the same country, Pakistan.
The Taliban of Afghanistan who enabled Bin Laden were the creation of the Pakistani intelligence agency the ISI.
I read “Lone Survivor” by Marcus Lutrell. He said that the reason everyone in his team got killed but him was largely because they didn’t shoot a shepherd that they knew would alert the enemy. They were afraid of repercussions from the media if it was found out. His team essentially died because of political correctness.
“First you must fix the Obamacare website!”
What is this? Obamacare version of ROE.
Soldiers should be able to shoot at anything THEY deem hostile. They should not fear JAG lawyers more than they fear the enemy.
We might as well SURRENDER at this point!
Fight to win or don’t fight.
This is very simple. If we’re not at war, using rules of war, then our _warriors_ must not be there.
This whole operation has become foreign aid for the enemy and _rare_ friend in the Pieceful religious nations.
Pretty soon the ROE will require all troops to convert to Islam upon contact with the enemy.
“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.