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So if victory in the Middle-East is our goal today, we need to get real and adopt rules of engagement similar to those we adopted during WW II. Back then, unlike today, protecting American military lives was at the top of the menu and political correctness was at the bottom. These days our troops can’t fire back at the enemy without first getting an approval of some kind from a higher headquarters. By the time they do get the approval, if they are fortunate enough to get it at all, the battle may be over and our troops dead. To make matters worse, our troops have to try to persuade the Arabs fighting alongside them to adopt the same tepid, self-defeating rules of engagement that neuter and hamstring our troops in their efforts to be victorious on the battlefield. The Pentagon higher-ups and their spokesmen brag about launching a half dozen airstrikes in Syria and Iran and, in the process, perhaps killing one terrorist leader. In a real war our Navy, Air Force and Marine jets are accustomed to launching a hundred airstrikes before lunch.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:05:37 +0000

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