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Trump transition team reviewing military rules of engagement
thehill.com ^

Posted on 12/09/2016 12:40:34 PM PST by hotsteppa

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team at the Pentagon is looking into loosening the rules of engagement for troops fighting overseas, according to a report.

The Trump team has asked for a list of restrictions, limitations and other "rules of engagement" on U.S. troops operating overseas, according to an NPR report. That includes rules on how close U.S. special operators can get to the fight in Iraq and Syria and who they can target on the battlefield and how.

Trump often blasted the rules of engagement during the campaign trail, arguing they were too favorable to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

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KEYWORDS: roe; trumpagenda; trumpsecdef; trumptransition; usmilitary
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Trump admin starting to work their way through the mush of Obama rules.
1 posted on 12/09/2016 12:40:34 PM PST by hotsteppa
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Changing Obama’s ROEs that put our troops in danger should be Trump's job one on day one.

What Obama has done to our troops is a disgrace that should rise to the level of treason.

2 posted on 12/09/2016 12:42:39 PM PST by rdcbn ("There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alt)
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To: hotsteppa

Yay...the soldiers will get bullets instead of the rebels!


3 posted on 12/09/2016 12:45:33 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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Obama’s rules of engagement in a nutshell: let the terrorists kill you.


4 posted on 12/09/2016 12:45:39 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: hotsteppa

Make America win again and solve that problem


5 posted on 12/09/2016 12:46:53 PM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: hotsteppa

Oh goody! Here come the hand-wringing lawyers.

This is great news. We have lost men in combat because of the wretched ROE’s imposed on our military by this potus. Fact.


6 posted on 12/09/2016 12:47:31 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: Sacajaweau

“What are we supposed to use, harsh language?”
(Bill Paxon’s sergeant character in “Aliens” when told they can’t fire their guns because they might set off a chain reaction).


7 posted on 12/09/2016 12:48:27 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: hotsteppa

This is what winng looks like.


8 posted on 12/09/2016 12:49:38 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: hotsteppa

The simplified version of Obama’s rules of engagement: “Stand there and let the terrorists shoot at you, but never shoot back!”


9 posted on 12/09/2016 12:51:38 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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How about “Kill ‘em all; let God sort ‘em out”?


10 posted on 12/09/2016 12:56:52 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Freedom Trumps Fascism)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Gen. Pattons’s ROE: “Kill the bastards”.

Simple.


11 posted on 12/09/2016 12:59:56 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: hotsteppa

Rules of engagement were stifling during the Bush admin, too.

The only relaxing of the rules,that I remember, was the mosques. They were being used by insurgants to hide and fire on our troopers and our men couldn’t blow them away. Finally that rule was changed..

But there was still a lawyer directing our men in every operation.


12 posted on 12/09/2016 1:00:05 PM PST by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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Hot damn, the warriors have been waiting for an alpha leader like Trump.

And man, he is moving fast on all fronts


13 posted on 12/09/2016 1:03:29 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: hotsteppa

Watch out terrorists, the kid gloves are coming off!


14 posted on 12/09/2016 1:09:02 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: hotsteppa

There are more problems than you can shake a stick at.

After Trump takes over there is going to be daily stream of uncovered corruption and malfeasance.


15 posted on 12/09/2016 1:12:22 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: hotsteppa

I know some folks at Ft Bragg that are going to finally get to work.

Rules of Engagement is something that can jail a soldier.

Don’t ask for people to defend the USA and threaten them with lawyers if you don’t do it right.


16 posted on 12/09/2016 1:12:42 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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How many Rules of Engagement did any of our Iowa Class Battleships have?


17 posted on 12/09/2016 1:16:11 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: SE Mom

I was reading “This Kind Of War” On Nov 10 the marines entered a village in North Korea. It was a smoldering pile of burned out building. The UN Air Forces completely destroyed the village. There was no leaflets dropped, just bombs. We should’ve used that same policy in Iraq or any haven for our enemies.


18 posted on 12/09/2016 1:22:01 PM PST by Don_Ret_USAF ("No Government can survive Without The Trust Of The People.")
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To: hotsteppa

He’s on the right track with this one. Obama’s ROE are suicide for our troops. Imagine the insanity of being hobbled in combat by a bunch of idiot politicians and lawyers.

The new CIC needs to unleash our troops.


19 posted on 12/09/2016 1:31:23 PM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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Trump transition team reviewing military rules of engagement>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Alahwahoo Whackbar!


20 posted on 12/09/2016 1:47:26 PM PST by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:()
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