Originally Posted by
West Coast
fait accompli, due to the US's half hearted attempts to squash ISIL, its now an opportunity for all comers who want to increase their influence in the area. Obama has sunk any potential to extend influence in the area.
As far as ROE, JSF's comments do have a degree of truth in them. ROE in Somalia in the 90s put those of us at a tactical disadvantage with the locals.
JSF's point was an incorrect statement of how RoE work. As to that which pertains to "due care" for non combatants, I found that the IRL implementation of RoE far too often put a lot of obstacles in the way of our people getting their mission accomplished with the risk remaining at a sane level. Further comments censored, due to my strong emotions on the topic, and in a few cases being covered by an NDA.
What your saw in Somalia hasn't gotten much better, from what I saw, and in some cases it may have gotten worse.