Thursday, July 08, 2010
"Grim news from Afghanistan"
I read somewhere that the "rules of engagement" were to be reviewed by General Petraeus.
I hope that's true...
I hope that's true...
George Will recently wote about them in the New York Post:
"Returning from a mission, his unit took casualties from an improvised explosive device that the unit knew had been placed no more than an hour earlier. 'There were villagers laughing at the US casualties' and 'two suspicious individuals were seen fleeing the scene and entering a home.' US forces "are no longer allowed to search homes without Afghan National Security Forces personnel present." But when his unit asked Afghan police to search the house, the police refused on the grounds that the people in the house 'are good people.'"
