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In the video below, Bing West uses footage from recent firefights in Afghanistan to illustrate the fact that the current Rules of Engagement (ROE) have made victory impossible.
"These videos illustrate that the enemy decides when to initiate a fire fight, and when to break contact."
"You can't shoot a guy looking at you with binoculars?" "Negative. Even though we just took fire from there, he has binoculars he could just be curious. That's quote - unquote." "He could just be curious?" "He could just be curious."
"They could see people that I would say 95% they were the enemy. And they did not shoot them because they couldn't confirm 100%. When you have someone looking at you through binoculars on a battlefield ordinarily you'd have permission and you would shoot them. And they didn't on just the tiny chance that he was just an idiot."
"Leaving your enemy intact is not a smart idea in any war."
"We have to remember in the end this is a war and our enemy is implacable."
Crossposted at The Dougout
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Bing West On Our Insane Rules of Engagement
In the video below, Bing West uses footage from recent firefights in Afghanistan to illustrate the fact that the current Rules of Engagement (ROE) have made victory impossible.
"These videos illustrate that the enemy decides when to initiate a fire fight, and when to break contact."
"You can't shoot a guy looking at you with binoculars?" "Negative. Even though we just took fire from there, he has binoculars he could just be curious. That's quote - unquote." "He could just be curious?" "He could just be curious."
"They could see people that I would say 95% they were the enemy. And they did not shoot them because they couldn't confirm 100%. When you have someone looking at you through binoculars on a battlefield ordinarily you'd have permission and you would shoot them. And they didn't on just the tiny chance that he was just an idiot."
"Leaving your enemy intact is not a smart idea in any war."
"We have to remember in the end this is a war and our enemy is implacable."
Crossposted at The Dougout
- Fighting With Both Hands Tied Around Their Balls
Washington Examiner: Troops chafe at restrictive rules of engagement, talks with Taliban By: Sara A. Carter National Security Correspondent October 19, 2010 KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- To the U.S. Army soldiers and Marines serving here, some things seem...
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