When the US military and its lawyers care more about the rights and lives of our enemies than they do the rights and lives of its soldiers and marines, it’s over.
It got to the point in Afghanistan and Iraq that our troops had to get clearance from lawyers before they could act on real-time intelligence. By the time they got a thumbs up or down on actionable intelligence, it was usually too late. The enemy knows our ROE and acts accordingly. They have no ROE hampering their ability.
And this, folks, is why we were in a 20 year war and our enemies don’t respect us.
I no longer encourage anyone to join our military… they just might end up in Leavenworth for doing their duty.