Originally Posted by flugplatz
It's a shame that the ROE thread has gone, although predictable.
It seems that ROE are the British Government's dirty little secret, although not much of a secret since they are saying that no civilian casualties have been caused thus far in the Iraq/Syria air strikes. Ergo we only drop when there are definitely no civpop in the vicinity. Not exactly rocket science for ISIL.
The ROE thread is gone because we advised that it was an inappropriate subject for open source discussion. Your naive analysis of national ROE is charming and absolutely spot-on in every detail. DAESH please take note of the British Government's dirty little secret.
Originally Posted by Flugplatz
I also question why some PPRUNERs are so sensitive over 'OPSEC'? The outlines of the ROE are pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain. I am sure no serving military would ever post the exact nature of the ROE on this forum, so why can't we speculate and admit the obvious? It is this shutting down of all other (informed or not) opinion that led us into the whole Iraqi WMD / years in Afghan.
If only you had half a brain or were better informed. ROE is not the same as policy and there is no such thing as over-sensitivity to OPSEC.