Is this how we support our troops?

[muggsy]

US Army LT. sentenced to 20 years.

https://www.change.org/p/us-army-lt-...n-from-taliban

[jocko]

thats sad, really is.Our sldersget no protection it seems than our cops do.It is gonna come to a head some day and the protestors will lose. I think people are getting feed up. Ol. Mayor Blasio better watch his back for sure ther cops won't be, What a d!ck. Some of these "important" people get their rocks off by hammering the LEO's out there, but yet it was really ok for ol wild Bill to get a hummer in the white house. They wold vote that pr!ck i office again if given the chance. Just sayin.

I wish u would not print that stuff muggsy for it upsets ol jocko to no end. Myproblem is I cannot go postal for I just cannot hit anything..

[leftysixty]

Once again, Well stated Jocko!

[JohnR]

That's like putting Jimmy Doolittle on trial for bombing civilians in WWII. War is hell, **** happens.

[muggsy]

If I understand it correctly it turns out that the three Arab men on the motorcycle were terrorist bomb makers and that information was withheld by the prosecutor at the court martial

http://video.foxnews.com/v/394235123...#sp=show-clips

[codegeek]

The rules of engagement were broken. It doesn't matter what the three terrorists were and were not. Soldiers are expected to follow orders, even if said orders result in their death. That's the way of the best military in the world.

[89grand]

These days, one would be foolish to join the military with the tards in charge that apparently are. No one joins the military to die, I don't care what "rules" are in place. When you have a split second to make a decision to prevent yourself and your friends from getting killed, well you make that decision. Him being in prison is ludicrous.

To make matters worse, most wars since probably WW2 have been completely unnecessary. They seem to be for population control, and to pump money into the war machine. Desert Storm is what a conflict looks like when the idea is to win, Vietnam and what we are seeing today are what you see when it isn't.

[AJBert]

The rules of engagement were broken. It doesn't matter what the three terrorists were and were not. Soldiers are expected to follow orders, even if said orders result in their death. That's the way of the best military in the world.

Not sure if you ever served with your statement. Not knocking you but that doesn't sound like a veteran speaking.

As for my time in the service, one very evident thing I learned is that if something goes wrong the brass WILL find someone to hang. The military will not stop until they find a scapegoat, regardless of a lack of facts. The important thing is to hang someone...anyone.

[codegeek]

Yes, I served. Let's face it, the rules of engagement were a terrible disservice to our troops.

[muggsy]

The rules of engagement were broken. It doesn't matter what the three terrorists were and were not. Soldiers are expected to follow orders, even if said orders result in their death. That's the way of the best military in the world.

My uncle John served as a marine in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. I recently asked him what the rules of engagement were in those battles. At first he didn't understand the question. When I explained what rules of engagement were he answered my question with just two words, "Kill Japs." The military didn't care how you killed Japs. They were the enemy. You were free to use a knife, pistol, rifle, machine gun, flame thrower, grenade, mortar, tank or artillery. Many Japs were just buried alive in caves. It didn't matter. The Japs were our enemy and they were out to kill us. You might want to take note the the war with Japan was the last war that America ever really won decisively. After the war the Japanese became one of our strongest allies and they remain our ally to this day.

[muggsy]

The rules of engagement were broken. It doesn't matter what the three terrorists were and were not. Soldiers are expected to follow orders, even if said orders result in their death. That's the way of the best military in the world.

Spoken like a true liberal. Put your son or daughter on the front line.

[marshal kane]

Stuff the rules of engagement where the light doesn't shine! War is hell and innocent people get killed right alongside the enemy. Better this way to make it short and decisive. There are so many rules of engagement that every soldier would have to be either a lawyer or politician to remember them. Hey, maybe that's not such a bad idea after all, every soldier has to be a politician or lawyer. That lieutenant is getting shafted for trying to protect his men! That's the thanks he's getting for being a career soldier.

[JohnR]

ISIS has no rules of engagement, do they?

[muggsy]

+1 John. Spot on.

[marshal kane]

ISIS has no rules of engagement, do they?

In a way, they do and it's easy to remember, KILL every living thing within range of their guns. ISIS reminds me of the ancient Mongols. Their rules of engagement were simple too: Surrender or die. Why aren't our rules of engagement simple too?