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re: Big invasion in Iraq has begun.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 7:59 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 3/2/15 at 7:59 am to Ace Midnight
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I'm not - but, I will say - them not being held back by our suicidal, anti-victory rules of engagement gives them at least 1 advantage we didn't have.
Can you elaborate?
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Posted on 3/2/15 at 8:03 am to blacktoothgrin12
The ROE in place during our time in Iraq was very restrictive. That is not the case for the IA.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 8:05 am to blacktoothgrin12
I've been speaking with a friend in special forces on the ground in Northrtn Iraq about the Kurds. He says, the Kurds will fight with the right weaponry but they are a myth. We spoke at length about the Kurds retreating into the mountains when ISIS went on the offensive. Recently they have had some success but their military reputation is way overblown.
This post was edited on 3/2/15 at 8:06 am
Posted on 3/2/15 at 8:07 am to blacktoothgrin12
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Can you elaborate?
Our Rules of Engagement are suicidal and anti-victory - they imply a rational way to chain the dogs of war that doesn't exist in the real world.
Once you tell soldiers that they cannot kill civilians or damage property (even inadvertantly), you've already lost the war - particularly to an enemy more than willing to kill civilians and use houses of worship as sanctuaries.
No such rules of engagement were in place for wars in which we were successful, such as the U.S. Civil War, WWI, WWII, etc.
(And I don't mean that we should target civilians or places of worship, but when the shooting starts - it's on.)
This post was edited on 3/2/15 at 8:08 am
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