PatekPhilippe
Senior Member
I would Love to see the Rules of Engagement Policies in Afghanistan Transparent, and open for review at some level. If Policy is costing unnecessary harm and loss of Life to Our Troops, It should be exposed, amended, and justified. Intention is no free pass for incompetence.
The ROE is confidential to keep the insurgency from exploiting it.
That trumps your curiousity and need to score political points.
BTW, the ROE exists for tactical reasons, not political ones and it's set by officers not politicians.
and this is where you are mistaken....The President sets down policy for the rules of engagement. He then passs that policy down through the chain of command where the actual "rules" are written by staff members of Generals and Admirals.
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