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| Troops Chafe At Restrictive Rules Of Engagement, Talks With Taliban |
| 2010-10-20 |
To the U.S. Army soldiers and Marines serving here, some things seem so obviously true that they are beyond debate. Among those perceived truths: The restrictive rules of engagement that they have to fight under have made serving in combat far more dangerous for them, while allowing the Taliban to return to a position of strength. "If they use rockets to hit the [forward operating base] we can't shoot back because they were within 500 meters of the village. If they shoot at us and drop their weapon in the process we can't shoot back," said Spc. Charles Brooks, 26, a U.S. Army medic with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, in Zabul province. |
| Posted by:Omaing White7048 |
| #2 Anonymoose, that sounds an awful lot like the order we've heard the Special Forces are operating under... and who knows what the Afghan Special Forces are doing, where, and to whom. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-20 14:54 |
| #1 An ROE like this lowers morale, and when morale is lowered, war crimes start to happen, and not just incidental crap like violating the ROE. Given this situation, I would vie for plausible deniability black ops. In this case third party mercenaries, with instructions to "kill anyone who needs killing." Give them scopes with little video cams attached, which feed the game films to a flash chip. They're paid a flat rate, plus a bonus for every hit that qualifies. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-10-20 14:05 |