Aussie SAS report

[dr dre]

Originally Posted by exrivofrigido

Have you read the reports of what is alleged? And even if you’re talking in more general terms, that’s a pretty crass approach to COIN. ‘If they stand still they’re VC, if they run they’re smart VC’. Killing everyone you don’t like the look of ‘just in case’, or because you ‘know’ they’re the enemy won’t win any prizes in court, nor does it further the aims of the operation.

Direct quote from SAS operator Braden Chapman:

BRADEN CHAPMAN: We try to say that we're there to help and you know the Taliban are bad. But if we go in and we start destroying infrastructure or destroying their private vehicles and burning down their homes it doesn't really send the right message. And as soon as (we) leave they're not gonna help us any more. They're just going to run straight back to the Taliban who are usually not doing that.