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1 posted on 07/30/2011 3:35:32 PM PDT by HushTX
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2 posted on 07/30/2011 3:37:59 PM PDT by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2712797/posts

Possibly this one.

Do a keyword search on ROE and plenty comes up.


3 posted on 07/30/2011 3:43:38 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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you might also check some of the military blogs.

and a few examples:
http://floppingaces.net/2010/06/21/obamas-rules-of-engagement-in-afghanistan-will-ensure-we-lose/
Obama’s Rules of Engagement In Afghanistan Will Ensure Our Failure

http://www.theusreport.com/the-us-report/2010/11/11/in-afghanistan-us-fights-taliban-and-military-roe.html

http://www.captainsjournal.com/category/rules-of-engagement/
British Soldiers Told Not To Shoot IED Emplacers

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2010/06/emasculated-roe-will-likely-continue-under-petraeus.html

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/09/08/75036/were-pinned-down-4-us-marines.html


4 posted on 07/30/2011 4:25:09 PM PDT by Elendur (It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. - Thomas Jefferson)
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Typically ROE are classified and for very good reasons.

You don't want the bad guys knowing under what conditions the good guys can and cannot shoot.

Most of what you read on FR or other sites about ROE should be taken with a very large grain of salt.

5 posted on 07/30/2011 5:23:03 PM PDT by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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I saw that, too. As I recall, troops in Afghanistan were not allowed to chamber a round until after they were shot at.

And there have been plenty of stories describing delays in air support, or even refusal of air support, when troops were out on a limb and caught in a firefight against larger numbers—because air support might result in the deaths of civilians.


6 posted on 07/30/2011 6:00:53 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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