Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
Lawfare at it's finest, we are disarming ourselves didn't the dead German guy say that was the means of defeat?
I think regardless of attribution to the dead Prussian, not doing profoundly stupid things based on a lack of understanding was always good advice, in any form of warfare.

Now, before all the emotional responses flow in, I am not saying the "new ROE" are stupid. I believe in ROE. ROE are essential but, they should not prevent you killing or capturing the enemy, - which is what Armed Forces should be doing.

Having said that, how come 5 years of the current ROE, has meant that US Forces have killed more civilians in 2 x COIN campaigns than Israel did 2 x State v State Wars, in the same time period, and nobody blinked?