This should be on the front page of every newspaper. I didn’t even know that we lost 3 heroes this week. The fact that the first was on Bagram airfield is a very bad sign.
As I scrolled down reading the posts, and without seeing yours directly below #7, I had almost the same thought. The death of the soldier at Bagram, of all places and almost 13 years post D-day, is sickening to say the least in what it says about our ROE.
The Romanians used to pull security at Kandahar “outside the wire” and their rules of engagement were real simple and kept us relatively safe. Their ROE? Find the enemy and engage them.
I also believe that they were not signatory to the Geneva Convention, which was another plus!