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you say: “From what I read the “new” policy of engagement has cost American lives.”

WE all need to be more informed about it - and fight for our troops. They are being denied the right to even defend themselves OR to have air cover when pinned down and being killed.

The Taliban are laughing their heads off - they now know they can shoot at our troops from the villages and that our troops CANNOT fire back.

The villagers, that were starting to trust that we wouldn't leave them at the mercy of the war lords, now know that if they want to live, they have to allow the Taliban to use their villages and even to help them - women and children are now called upon to run back ad forth to keep their ammunition supplied.

With this last battle, the Taliban ALSO now know that they can ambush them in the valleys - pin them down and pick them off like ducks in a shooting gallery and not even worry about air cover.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/75036.html

All that our troops gained and scarified in the last 8 years is being lost - and now they have TWO enemies to fight: The Taliban and the WH.

"From what I read the “new” policy of engagement has cost American lives."

Here's the first example of it:

http://www.military.com/news/article/ambushed-marines-aid-call-rejected.html?col=1186032325324&ESRC=airforce-a.nl

The U.S. troops (4 killed Marines) had to wait more than an hour for attack helicopters to come to their aid and their appeal for artillery fire was rejected, with commanders citing new rules designed to avoid civilian casualties, the report said.

Why not remove the hindering gloves of ROE and reveal an iron fist. That's what a general would want to do in Afghanistan. Win the war. Bring as many tribal groups on to the side of the Coalition forces against the Taliban, the same way the CIA did so with the Mujahideen against the Soviets through the eighties.