smokey
2A TEACHER
- Jan 31, 2008
- 31,508
Smokey,
You are making some pretty strong statements here without knowledge of the details of the engagements (i.e. phrasing your second sentence as a question with no ?) and/or detailed knowledge of the reasons why certain ROE restrictions are in place in Theater. For instance, mobile support is anything but in the Hindu Kush mountains- in other words, don't oversimplify the situation.
BTW- while I disagree with your entire 1st paragraph because you don't know what you don't know, I agree in principal with your last sentence except it isn't policy makers- it is leaders at the tactical level.
gotcha. i was just regurgitating one of the posts on here. there was a story of a few guys over there that lost their lives and didnt get the air support they were calling in for because they were sensitive to the collateral damage and all. it's accurate that i don't have first hand knowledge about it and i'm definately not claiming to be an authority on this. the cool thing about the board is if you've heard stories or anecdotes saying one thing and you post it, it'll either get reaffirmed or rebuted. that's what i've been hearing as a non-participant and knowing what i've been told..it got me ticked to think we could be losing our guys based on policy that may or may not exist. the very least, i got alot of friends going over to fight for us and i'd like to think they will get the support needed to come back. i know you know more about this and anything you have to clear up what i've been hearing would be appreciated. from a civilian standpoint it's frustrating to get a patchwork of different stories of how it actually is over there for our guys...i wish we had better reporting.