US soldiers in Afghanistan are now forced to fight a two-fronted
war. Before each deployment, these soldiers understand fully that day
after day they will do battle against relentless terrorists with
shifting loyalties and unspeakable hatred. But what none of them could
have foreseen was the killing field that would open from their
rear...the Continental United States.
Our government’s
incessant tightening of already restrictive ROE (Rules of Engagement),
compounded by the failed COIN (Counterinsurgency) strategy—also known as
“winning hearts and minds,” has made an otherwise primitive enemy
formidable.Our best and brightest come home in body bags as politicians and lawyers dine over white linen tablecloths; writing, modifying, and re-modifying these lethal rules…rules that favor the enemy rather than the American soldier. Rules so absurd they’re difficult to believe until you hear the same stories over and again from those returning from battle.
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This has been going on for generations. The one's dining over white linen should be picked up and hung for treason. Those doing these arrests get to use their fully auto rifles, but these traitors can defend themselves only with any fork they can grab off that table of caviar. Those should be their own ROE's.
ReplyDeleteSounds fair to me. I remember sandbagging the general's mess hall at Long Binh when looking thriugh the window I saw linen, silverware and china graciously set on the tables. Shocked, I was.
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ReplyDeleteIt's asinine.
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