[mrs tiggywinkle]

i’m not surprised. grrr.

[goodtomato]

God bless our troops. I pray that the citizens rat out the bastards!

[RepublicanMeansAmerican]

They must all want to be buried in an Obama T-shirt.

[bwc2221]

It’s difficult to say who is responsible: the Obama Administration, General McChrystal or both.

[dagogo redux]

“NATO and Afghan military officials say killing militants is not the goal . . . More important is to win public support.”

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this was the strategy we used to gain unconditional surrender from Germany and Japan. /sarcasm

[Always A Marine]

"They're using our rules of engagement against us." - Lance Cpl. Travis Anderson... adding that his platoon had repeatedly seen men drop their guns into ditches and walk away to blend in with civilians.

That's a marked change from the battle of Fallujah, Iraq in November 2004. When Marines there encountered snipers holed up in a building, they routinely called in airstrikes. In Marjah, fighter jets are flying at low altitude in a show of force, but are not firing missiles.

We endured this kind of BS in Beirut, where many men died without a chance and for no reason at all. I had hoped we'd never see it again, but this restrictive ROE is a leadership betrayal of the lives entrusted to them.

[awake-n-angry]

President Karzi has demanded strict rules of engagement to keep civilian casualties, “collateral damage”, to a bare minimum. We are there to free Afghannies who are our allies from militants. It is in our best interest to keep the civilians on our side. This only makes sense.

[SandRat]

[John-Irish]

Where these ROE’s also in place during Bush’s terms in office?

[John-Irish]

Were these ROE’s also in place during Bush’s terms in office?