tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post5858704172655319972..comments2023-10-17T03:15:16.029-05:00Comments on Blowing San #1: Idiotic "rules of engagement"...Subvethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-37852438118589955412009-12-13T21:27:50.291-06:002009-12-13T21:27:50.291-06:00Pops, it's the least we can do. Keep this topi...Pops, it's the least we can do. Keep this topic alive and in public view.<br /><br />Mary Ellen, BINGO! <br /><br />Rick, I wouldn't bet the farm on the presence of sharpshooters/snipers resulting in a different outcome. You might be thinking of the SEAL snipers who saved that ship captain from his Somali pirate captors. They only acted when the man's life seemed in imminent danger. Their particular rules of engagement would be drastically different than the standard grunt's.Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-2497841210021257832009-12-13T21:17:06.896-06:002009-12-13T21:17:06.896-06:00Now if there were sharp shooters, then the bogeys ...Now if there were sharp shooters, then the bogeys can be taken out right? That's how it's done when insurgents surround themselves with non-combatants.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04229134781669560505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-90882784993079021122009-12-13T12:08:29.992-06:002009-12-13T12:08:29.992-06:00I think when we err on the side of maturity and ca...<i>I think when we err on the side of maturity and caution, there is a cost. And I know that we're asking an extraordinary amount from them to operate with such restraint and self-discipline, but I think it's how we win the war.</i><br /><br />And this is why we have so many of our finest men and women without limbs, brain damage,or who have died. Because our military leader, Gen. McChrystal, wants to err on the side of " maturity and caution". That is not "caution", it's negligence. Which is why we will never win this war and why the terrorists believe we are weak.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835150057881066641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-39929845491280319682009-12-12T17:14:41.757-06:002009-12-12T17:14:41.757-06:00That's what happens when you get a bunch of du...That's what happens when you get a bunch of dumb ass politicians running a war. MORE AMERICAN CASUALTIES!<br /><br />Hats off to the LT. I would probably be looking at a court martial if that had been me!<br /><br />Thanks for posting Subvet.ABNPOPPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13790538722982753032noreply@blogger.com