Magic Mushroom,
Good staff paper on the merits of various types of air power, well explained.
With regards to ROE and " having served before" next comments to Like Minded refers
Like Minded,
Answer to the first question, yes, glad to get that out of the way.
Secondly I didn't want to get in to a complex discussion on ROE as we were apparently bantering, but as you want to;
In the case suggested by me, of the mortar tubes, if you can see them putting bombs in the tubes, or actually ID the tubes (threat) being carried by them, then go ahead. If however you see a bunch of guys moving in to dead ground, experience an indirect attack from that direction and subsequently see the same bunch of guys moving back the other way, you technically should not engage, as you have no way of knowing if they indeed actually were the firing team, if you believe that its OK to take a chance and remove them in that situation, then perhaps ROE should also include provision for the assassination of their known leaders and organisers in their own homes . And yes at times it does appear that ROE are drafted in the Ministry of Silly Walks, which is where IMHO the entire bloody war plan was drafted
Related to our exchange on the hoodie friend and the IED, it may be the case that the IED and the weapon were positively identified, but given that he was not an immediate threat, perhaps the option of lifting him for interrogation, or at least trying to, may have been a viable option. Maybe not, who knows, its a snapshot image, and a very dangerous one at that. If we need to kill in that manner, and maybe we do, there is little positive
PR to be gained by putting it in the public forum.
Now can we drop the serious sh1t and get back to the banter ?
