{"id":38743,"date":"2013-12-06T09:11:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T14:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38743"},"modified":"2013-12-06T09:11:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T14:11:25","slug":"us-deaths-in-afghanistan-rise-with-restrictive-roe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38743","title":{"rendered":"US deaths in Afghanistan rise with restrictive ROE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times<\/a>‘ Rowan Scarborough notices that US casualties have increased as the rules of engagement restricted our troops’ response to threats in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

A connection between the sharp increase in American deaths and restrictive rules of engagement is difficult to confirm. More deaths surely stemmed from ramped-up counterterrorism raids and the Taliban\u2019s response with more homemade bombs, the No. 1 killer of NATO forces in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

But it is clear that the rules of engagement, which restrain troops from firing in order to spare civilian casualties, cut back on airstrikes and artillery strikes \u2014 the types of support that protect troops during raids and ambushes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Afghanistan, the [rules of engagement] that were put in place in 2009 and 2010 have created hesitation and confusion for our war fighters,\u201d said Wayne Simmons, a retired U.S. intelligence officer who worked in NATO headquarters in Kabul as the rules took effect, first under Army Gen. Stanley M. McChrystal, then Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is no accident nor a coincidence that from January 2009 to August of 2010, coinciding with the Obama\/McChrystal radical change of the [rules of engagement], casualties more than doubled,\u201d Mr. Simmons said. \u201cThe carnage will certainly continue as the already fragile and ineffective [rules] have been further weakened by the Obama administration as if they were playground rules.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I remember when this blog was the only place on the internet that you could read that, during the large number of green-on-blue attacks that were occurring, our troops weren’t allowed to arm themselves in the presence of their supposed allies to create an atmosphere of trust. During that period, I was getting emails and phone calls asking me where I was getting that information, because no one else was saying it in public. Well, the troops in Afghanistan were telling me. Then, lo and behold, out of no where came the announcement from the Pentagon that the troops would be allowed to arm themselves…in combat. <\/p>\n

This administration and it’s lackeys at DoD aren’t as interested in saving American lives as they are in sending a message and looking good in the press. Human rights organizations have admitted that the Taliban and al Qaeda are responsible for many times more deaths among the civilian population of Afghanistan than those who are killed collaterally by US military operations, yet, the commanders continue to hamstring the troops with restrictive ROE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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