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2010-10-20 Afghanistan

Troops Chafe At Restrictive Rules Of Engagement, Talks With Taliban

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Posted by Omaing White7048 2010-10-20 08:01|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#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|| 2010-10-20 14:05|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-10-20 14:54|| Front Page Top

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