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US relaxes rules of engagement to help troops in Afghanistan defeat Taliban
Fox ^ | Oct. 04, 2017 | Lukas Mikelionis

Posted on 10/04/2017 1:35:22 PM PDT by BeauBo

The U.S. military has overturned a requirement for its troops to be in contact with enemy forces in Afghanistan before opening fire in a bid to relax the rules of engagement and defeat the Taliban.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; mattis; roe
Sounds like offense was not allowed under Obama - a one-sided fight.

Let's see how things change when we are allowed to get the bad guys.

1 posted on 10/04/2017 1:35:22 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

About time .


2 posted on 10/04/2017 1:38:42 PM PDT by katykelly
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To: BeauBo

This must be why McCain is demanding detailed information to pass on to his “constituents”


3 posted on 10/04/2017 1:39:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BeauBo

Wow, now will probably win the war in five or six months and have a surrender ceremony in the spring!

Does anybody realize how far down we’ve sunk that we’re literally celebrating that our troops can fire at the enemy without waiting for the enemy to fire at them first?

No change in Rules of Engagement makes that a winnable War.


4 posted on 10/04/2017 1:42:23 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: BeauBo

My response is “ROE? ROE? WE don’t need no steenkin’ ROE!”.


5 posted on 10/04/2017 1:42:49 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: katykelly

How did they know their name is Will?


6 posted on 10/04/2017 1:47:53 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: BeauBo

I don’t know. I read ‘relaxed’, not ‘re-wrote’ and a damn far cry from “Release the hounds!”

When’s the last report of the fly boys coming back still fully stocked? Course, we’ve recently had two Navy craft seemingly adrift in the oceans...and STILL wound up crashing into other ships (I haven’t heard word YET on the why/how there).


7 posted on 10/04/2017 1:58:25 PM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: BeauBo
Maddog Mattis US relaxes rules of engagement to help troops in Afghanistan defeat Taliban

Fixed it, Oooh-Rah!

8 posted on 10/04/2017 1:59:19 PM PDT by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: BeauBo

HOORAY!


A small prayer answered

KYPD
9 posted on 10/04/2017 1:59:29 PM PDT by petro45acp (" It IS About Islam: exposing the truth about ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the caliphate" by Glenn Beck)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Ping


10 posted on 10/04/2017 2:00:08 PM PDT by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: BeauBo

I wish we would just get out of there, but if we’re going to stay, let our troops shoot straight and kill many enemy.


11 posted on 10/04/2017 2:00:38 PM PDT by samtheman (As an oil exporter, why would the Russians prefer Trump to Hillary? (Get it or be stupid.))
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To: BeauBo

Are they also allowed to use live rounds or are they still shooting bean bags?


12 posted on 10/04/2017 2:10:45 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: BeauBo

FINALLY!


13 posted on 10/04/2017 2:11:29 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: BeauBo
Our military serves one purpose; to destroy our enemies!
Let's quit the LGBT bullshit, the sensitivity training bullshit, the masking of radical Islamist bullshit...... and PUT AN END TO OUR ENEMIES!!!
14 posted on 10/04/2017 2:12:49 PM PDT by high info voter (Liberal leftists would have "un-friended" Paul Revere!)
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To: BeauBo

“I want you to go overseas and kill terrorists. That’s an order.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Now, turn around so I can tie your hands.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Now, go fight that way.”
“Why?”
“It’s to keep from making them angry.”


15 posted on 10/04/2017 2:33:22 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: BeauBo

Trump said at the UN he changed the Rules Of Engagement from Obama Rules Of NO Engagement


16 posted on 10/04/2017 3:23:30 PM PDT by butlerweave (it's the children are)
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To: katykelly

About damn time~


17 posted on 10/04/2017 3:42:43 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: BeauBo

hunt, find, kill

When lots and lots of taliban and their wives are killed, things will ease up considerably


18 posted on 10/04/2017 3:45:10 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (whites seem to actually be supreme)
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To: BeauBo

Is this because we no longer have an apparently-Muslim president trying to save the lives of his fellow Muslim perverts.


19 posted on 10/04/2017 4:20:47 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: Parmy

Well said .


20 posted on 10/04/2017 5:13:15 PM PDT by katykelly
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