Great. Now we have American troops angry at America .

Major B - Allow me, if I may, to remark on the lack of morale of the American Soldier in Iraq.
Reality: Soldiers in Iraq do not feel they are making a difference. They feel things are out of control. They are scared, and they are angry. They want to come home.

...This is a "publishable" letter that I came across at Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler from an understandably upset Baghdad soldier, regarding the so-called "Rules of Engagement." Now THERE'S a term from the old grunts-in-a-police-action-quagmire days if I ever did hear one!

I can’t even tell you how pissed it makes me to hear a JAG officer suck in breath as he tries to think real hard how to explain the murky depths of our ROE. A system that used to be a way of allowing soldiers to avoid hurting civilians by using certain weapon systems at certain times has once again degenerated into a complex “Cover Your Ass” legal trick for higher command. Believe me, it isn’t there because Colonels and Generals WANT us to fight this way, it is there because YOU do.

This is compelling reading. It's enough to make me want to write my congressman.

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