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by NBC news has released a report stating that Coalition forces passed on an opportunity to kill over 100 "high level" Taliban in July, when a Predator drone discovered a large group attending a funeral in Southern Afghanistan. US Army officers were initially "so excited" at the prospect of having so many high value targets in one spot, but excitement quickly gave way to frustration. Senior Defense Department officials aborted the attack, citing that a strike on a religious cemetery was against the rules of engagement (ROE). “Coalition Forces do not discuss rules of engagement" and "hold themselves to a higher moral and ethical standard than their enemies,” the military said in a statement. A U.S. Army Intelligence officer vented his frustration over the decision stating that the missed opportunity to neutralize so many of the Taliban leadership “potentially could cause harm to our soldiers, civilians, the population and the government of Afghanistan.” The internal DoD conflict over these rules highlights the difficulty in striking the proper "ethical" balance in war.
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No Qualms
Personnally, I have no qualms with killing other people. Now if only I was a better shot at long distances ....
I agree with our anonymous friend that when it comes to the business of killing, you cannot make such decisions based on making people like you. That's simply absurd. Wasn't it the Godfather who established the precedent that "it's nothing personal ... just business." Perhaps we've been detached from true combat for such a long time that all of our present senior leadership are too far removed from the knowledge and experience of what must be done.
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The U.S. doesn't deserve to win by Anonymous :: NR0 :: Show
Making decisions like this convince me that the U.S. doesn't deserve to win this war. We didn't want to bomb a Taliban funeral!?! Are you friggin' kidding me?? When did the Defense Department get taken over by the chicks from the View? What are we doing here people? Are we more concerned with winning or making people in the Middle East think we're basically ok folks? Cause I'll tell you that no matter what we do, they're going to hate us, so you might as well lay the smacketh downeth. Doesn't anybody realize that we bombed two entire cities to stop Japan? Two entire cities! And now we won't even shoot a missile at a funeral full of utter scum.
Get out your turbans folks and start building your mosques, because America doesn't deserve to win this war.