This is BULL!
The Code of engagement should not even exist!
There are no innocent civilians in either Afghanistan, nor Iraq. Every mother-loving person there for two cents would gladly kill one of our soldiers.
These rules that our military now must use should never have been enforced.
War is about breaking things and killing people.
Torture to extract information, in my opinion, should be encouraged if it saves one American Soldiers life.
We did not win two World Wars by asking our enemies, “mother may I?”
grrrrrr.
The Marines need a LEADER, not a PC General-wanna-be.
Much of the world may be becoming more civilized, though I doubt it. However, the Jihadies are stuck in the 7th century, and training our Marines to be concerned with anything other than killing the enemy and defending themselves, is to guarantee a bunch more dead Marines. After those two prerequisites are taken care of, then and only then can they concern themselves with other considerations.
Then whom are we spending thousands of lives and billions of dollars to liberate and bring democracy to? What the F are we doing there?