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Discussions today on 9/11 regarding why we still are fighting in Afghanistan are plenty on TV.
But very few Americans are aware why we are still fighting because...
How Our Overly Restrictive Rules of Engagement Keep Us from Winning Wars
Rules of Engagement Need Reform | National Review
Read the following to show WHY we are still fighting due to restrictive ROEs and HOW these ROEs cause deaths!
As the car disappeared into the night, the senior officer on the scene radioed for permission to fire.
His request went to the TOC, the tactical operations center, which is the beating heart of command and control in the battlefield environment. There the “battle captain,” or the senior officer in the chain of command, would decide — shoot or don’t shoot.
If soldiers opened fire after a lawyer had deemed the attack outside the rules, they would risk discipline — even prosecution.
But first there was a call for the battle captain to make, all the way to brigade headquarters, where a JAG officer — an Army lawyer — was on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. His job was to analyze the request, apply the governing rules of engagement, and make a recommendation to the chain of command. While the commander made the ultimate decision, he rarely contradicted JAG recommendations. After all, if soldiers opened fire after a lawyer had deemed the attack outside the rules, they would risk discipline — even prosecution — if the engagement went awry.
NONE of the above steps were required in any previous wars the USA has been involved in...ending with
the Korean war... starting with Vietnam!
Shades of Vietnam: Spike in U.S. troop deaths tied to stricter rules of engagement
Shades of Vietnam: Spike in U.S. troop deaths tied to stricter rules of engagement
“In Afghanistan, the [rules of engagement] that were put in place in 2009 and 2010 have created hesitation and confusion for our war fighters,” said Wayne Simmons, a retired U.S. intelligence officer who worked in NATO headquarters in Kabul as the rules took effect, first under Army Gen. Stanley M. McChrystal, then Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.
But very few Americans are aware why we are still fighting because...
How Our Overly Restrictive Rules of Engagement Keep Us from Winning Wars
Rules of Engagement Need Reform | National Review
Read the following to show WHY we are still fighting due to restrictive ROEs and HOW these ROEs cause deaths!
As the car disappeared into the night, the senior officer on the scene radioed for permission to fire.
His request went to the TOC, the tactical operations center, which is the beating heart of command and control in the battlefield environment. There the “battle captain,” or the senior officer in the chain of command, would decide — shoot or don’t shoot.
If soldiers opened fire after a lawyer had deemed the attack outside the rules, they would risk discipline — even prosecution.
But first there was a call for the battle captain to make, all the way to brigade headquarters, where a JAG officer — an Army lawyer — was on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. His job was to analyze the request, apply the governing rules of engagement, and make a recommendation to the chain of command. While the commander made the ultimate decision, he rarely contradicted JAG recommendations. After all, if soldiers opened fire after a lawyer had deemed the attack outside the rules, they would risk discipline — even prosecution — if the engagement went awry.
NONE of the above steps were required in any previous wars the USA has been involved in...ending with
the Korean war... starting with Vietnam!
Shades of Vietnam: Spike in U.S. troop deaths tied to stricter rules of engagement
Shades of Vietnam: Spike in U.S. troop deaths tied to stricter rules of engagement
“In Afghanistan, the [rules of engagement] that were put in place in 2009 and 2010 have created hesitation and confusion for our war fighters,” said Wayne Simmons, a retired U.S. intelligence officer who worked in NATO headquarters in Kabul as the rules took effect, first under Army Gen. Stanley M. McChrystal, then Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.
