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During Obama's administration these really dangerous "Rules of Engagement" (ROE) were implemented.
A laminated card ROE with the following text was distributed to all U.S. Army and Marine personnel in Iraq.
Policies about limiting civilian casualties have soldiers complaining they can't effectively fight;
one showed author Michael Hastings a card with regulations including:
"Patrol only in areas that you are reasonably certain that you will not have to defend yourselves with lethal force."
For a soldier who has traveled halfway around the world to fight, that’s like telling a cop he should only patrol in areas where he knows he won’t have to make arrests.
“Does that make any f–king sense?” Pfc. Jared Pautsch.
In Afghanistan, a New General -- But An Old Strategy
But it reaches absurdity when the effect is to allow Taliban fighters a free pass. They understand this, and they take advantage of the policy by hiding among civilians as they attack US troops.
There are signs that Team Obama may be waking up: Reports at week’s end indicated that Petraeus wants to loosen combat restrictions, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates insisted — contradicting Vice President Joe Biden — that the 2011 withdrawal would be conditioned on the facts on the ground.
Good — but not good enough.
What’s still missing is trust among America’s troops — not to mention its enemies — that their leaders are as serious about winning as they are.
https://nypost.com/2010/06/28/rules-of-estrangement/
February 2, 2016 · by RC Porter · in Afghanistan, Air Force, Army, CIA, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, national security, NATO, POTUS, Special Operations, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment
U.S. military commanders say they have repeatedly put their troops in harm’s way for progress that has proved fleeting, according to coalition members working with the U.S.-led military coalition.
“We have the capacity to annihilate the Taliban threat. But because of the rules of engagement under the new mission, our hands are tied,” said an American adviser to the coalition in Helmand, who described the rules as incomprehensible.
The rules of engagement in Afghanistan changed a year ago, when the U.S. and its allies ended their combat mission and began a new effort consisting of training, advising and assisting Afghan forces, and conducting counterterrorism operations when needed.
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A laminated card ROE with the following text was distributed to all U.S. Army and Marine personnel in Iraq.
Policies about limiting civilian casualties have soldiers complaining they can't effectively fight;
one showed author Michael Hastings a card with regulations including:
"Patrol only in areas that you are reasonably certain that you will not have to defend yourselves with lethal force."
For a soldier who has traveled halfway around the world to fight, that’s like telling a cop he should only patrol in areas where he knows he won’t have to make arrests.
“Does that make any f–king sense?” Pfc. Jared Pautsch.
In Afghanistan, a New General -- But An Old Strategy
But it reaches absurdity when the effect is to allow Taliban fighters a free pass. They understand this, and they take advantage of the policy by hiding among civilians as they attack US troops.
There are signs that Team Obama may be waking up: Reports at week’s end indicated that Petraeus wants to loosen combat restrictions, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates insisted — contradicting Vice President Joe Biden — that the 2011 withdrawal would be conditioned on the facts on the ground.
Good — but not good enough.
What’s still missing is trust among America’s troops — not to mention its enemies — that their leaders are as serious about winning as they are.
https://nypost.com/2010/06/28/rules-of-estrangement/
February 2, 2016 · by RC Porter · in Afghanistan, Air Force, Army, CIA, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, national security, NATO, POTUS, Special Operations, targeted killing, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment
U.S. military commanders say they have repeatedly put their troops in harm’s way for progress that has proved fleeting, according to coalition members working with the U.S.-led military coalition.
“We have the capacity to annihilate the Taliban threat. But because of the rules of engagement under the new mission, our hands are tied,” said an American adviser to the coalition in Helmand, who described the rules as incomprehensible.
The rules of engagement in Afghanistan changed a year ago, when the U.S. and its allies ended their combat mission and began a new effort consisting of training, advising and assisting Afghan forces, and conducting counterterrorism operations when needed.
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