It's been said many, many times before. the enemy of my enemy, is my friend. We'll be back there or some other place where the Taliban or some other extremist group kills Americans or attacks one of our close allies. When that happens, the military needs to be the only ones with any say so in how to deal with who ever it may be. Fuck rules of engagement. There are no rules in war.
Sorry for your families loss. Prayers for you and them.
If we fuck them up good a proper, they won't be here to be able to forget. Ashes and dust.
I wish that were so but our armed forces serve at the command of the president so what the military commanders think and say is back seat to what the president says and commands. My father was a career naval aviator and fought in ww2, Korea and commanded a squadron in Viet Nam. He retired in 1970 during the Viet Nam war because he could not fight for a president and administration that was not willing to fight for a win. He felt that sending men to die for any other reasion was not worthy of the sacrifice
The Russians, like us, did not fight to win the war. Why I have no idea. even if we and the Russians put an all out effort into the war, victory was not to be. The Afghans, like the Taliban just disappeared into the caves and climb out when the invaders give up and pull out. The very recent events are a perfect example. There had been very little activity until we pulled out, then out of nowhere 300,000 Taliban appear and over run the entire country in days.The reason the Taliban is now in control of the country is, they have no rules of engagement. Their one rule is, be patient.
Really? I wonder why?...Trump negotiated the release of 5,000 Taliban prisioners in Afghaistan before he left office...5 freaking thousand.
And when Biden withdrew the Us troops overnight, the Taliban released thousands more. Trump administration had a PLAN for withdrawing US troops, evacuating civilians and either removing or destroying excess military equipment. But Biden withdrew the troops so fast none of that was accomplished. Once he was made aware of his blunder, he sent 5000 troops back in. Biden did the right thing by ending our involvement over there he just did it the wrong way. Would it have made any difference in the end if Trumps plan was implemented, we'll never know.
This sucks...a family's worst nightmare..god speed to your bro man..I will always be a fan of men and women who serve...
