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Old February 14, 2013, 09:52 AM   #130
Willie Sutton
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I dare say that had a military SpecOps team done this there would be a very serious disciplinary hearing going on now.



Which is why I said earlier that if a building containing one known enemy combatant but possibly containing others was burned down by US Forces in Afghanistan, that there would be an investigation, trial, and likely conviction under the UCMJ for violation of the ROE and war crimes.


This is not supposition, it is fact. We, as a nation, would treat a Taliban with a tighter ROE than we treat our own citizens.

This speaks more to military discipline and professionalism than anything else, in absolute and stark contrast to the lack of discipline and professionalism exhibited daily by civilian law enforcement. That lack discipline is seen both at the most basic level, as well as at the technical level (witness the news video of the black officer armed with the SS Ruger Mini-14 walking around with his weapon held horizontally and his finger on the trigger).

These people are poorly trained, poorly qualified, and poorly lead. But they are better than we are and their lives have more value to society than ours have....



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