Well...then we agree. An essential part of Petreaus’s strategy was to put insurgents, who had American blood on their hands, on the U.S. payroll. Obama is doing the same. The ROE is a separate issue.
yes we do agree.
I also think this strategy is a MUST in Afghanistan where you are dealing with the most ignorant population on Earth
You feed them or give them the means to feed themselves (via bribes) they won’t hurt you.
You mess with them, they’ll get back at you as hard as possible. It is truly a “culture of honor” meaning that any slight against them is a slight against their “honor” and they must get revenge. Its typical of any type of people that live in mountains around the world.
Bribe them. Get them to lay down their arms against us. It’ll cost far less American blood