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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
First and foremost they need to change the rules of engagment on vehicles.
If you don't stop at first warning there are no more warning shots, you light em up.
Second you start going out to where the insurgents live. Instead of patrolling and mainly doing defensive work with pre planned offensives. You go totally on the offense.
You start putting more pressure on Pakistan since there are still Taliban members moving back and forth across the border.
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While I understand the sensitive nature this war has created, not the I could die here in the desert understand, but the need to want to protect the people. This includes soldiers. I am not pro middle east war, but I do understand the need to protect everyone. I do not agree with this idea however. While I can not relate to this war or the pressure the soldiers are under I do understand that after nearly a DECADE of occupation these invaders of my land continue to point their guns at me I'm eventually not going to care what they think. My point is these people are most likely sick and tired of being treated like second class citizens in their own country. Everyone has a breaking point. If the military decides to forgo the rules of engagement then they will be no better then the terrorists they are trying to find. These rules are here for a reason. It does not matter if you are a General or a new recruit. You signed a contract, you joined a hazard county, and hazard county still has it's rules. You are suggesting to embrace a "no freedom policy if your brown/middle Eastern" mentality. You will lose all backing that you need and create more backlash and more deaths.
My point and I really don't think I made a good job making it is - Rules are there to protect the innocent, or the civilians. These rules existed in Vietnam or the Korean War and everybody looked the same then! They can't just open up on a car or in-surge on civilian homes just because they believe the mean people they are after live in the building as well. IT HAS TO BE PLANNED. There has to be evidence.
It really sucks when our friends and family die but in the end they signed up for it. Rules and all.