Afghanistan ROE Change

[Rank amateur]

The average Afghan will applaud them for doing that to escape.

Doubt it will go over so well with the teenage fundamentalists on the jihad websites. "Die like a martyr or dress like a girl: you decide", is probably not their most effective recruiting slogan.

They know we are in a hurry

We shouldn't be. The population ain't going anywhere. A couple bad guys getting away ain't the end of the world. What I'm skeptical about is whether we'll actually hold this village, or any of the other villages we are clearing right now. The tactic only makes sense with a population centric strategy and an operational commitment to holding cleared areas, or whatever the right buzzwords are.