***”We are being handicapped by our own commander-in-chief who is so terrified a civilian may be hit...”***
I remember reading of the raid on Dieppe when during the shooting, a Frenchman popped out of a door and was immediately shot down by a Brit or Canadian.
I talked with a man who, operating in China, shot and killed a white Russian in WWII. There was not time to vet the people and see if they were trying to kill you or not. The White Russian did pull a gun before he was shot dead.
Such rules of war will get you killed but makes Obama’s followers feel so good.
I don't get it. If the taliban have no problem killing our soldiers, how come the Afghan soldiers do. Aren't they the same people and believe the same thing? What's their problem, then.
The only way to win against an Islamic hellhole is to deislamize it. Short of deislamization, the sharia barbarians rule and jihad flourishes.
America had been on the side of the jihadists for the past 35 years.
Yep the reason Obama is a Community Organizer(speech giver) ,he useless at everything else
It has gotten so violent and out of control over there that critical systems being installed to monitor Iran’s nuclear program have been shutdown. Of course, that is exactly what Obama and his primary handler, Valarie Jarrett, an Iranian citizen and muslim, demands.
“I’ll tell you this. All of us in the military can’t wait until we have another Commander in Chief.”
Hittlery?
Our poor beleaguered troops and half of our nation are living in hope that the pestilence of liberalism will be defeated. It will take an act of God.
And here I thought that when we were "training an Afghan army" this is what we were doing. Silly me.
"Bring some of their best over here and put them through basic training, American-style. The whole enchilada. Then send them back to their country and put them in charge as their military's troop trainers."
Um, how about we send a few instructors over there? Of course, after training them like that, they'll probably revert or be considered apostate. Frankly, the whole thing is a lost cause after this much time and treasure. We've been over there long enough to raise a whole generation, and if we can't do it in that amount of time, we should just forget the whole thing.
The rules of engagement are indeed criminal. But there is utterly, assuredly, no way possible to win in Afghanistan.
Their hillbilly tribal version of Islam assured they will always be the way they are.
better ROE will only give our kids a better chance in the game of whack a mole.
20 more years there and it would look exactly the same.
How about we pull out, let them stew in their own juices, and nuke 'em from orbit if they cause any more trouble.
It's the only way to be sure.
God bless you young warrior. From an old retired warrior.
Hopefully it will be Cruz!
This muslim guy walks between the two houses, and once he enters the shooting starts up again. He was no doubt the shooter, and using the two places for two different effective positions. But when he walked between them he wasn't carrying a firearm - so our guys couldn't shoot him!
In another battle they storm some small building where guys were shooting at them. One of our soldiers kills a guy as he storms into the dark room. Then immediately shouts something like “Oh crap - I thought he had a gun! He's got a gun doesn't he!!?? I'm in trouble aren't I!!?? Oh crap!” Just went off un-hinged. (The muslim had fallen on his gun).
The last thing I told my son before he shipped out to Iraq was: “If there’s any doubt, pull the damned trigger.”