LINE TRAINING - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott "Doc K" Kuniyuki provides security for the landing zone during 9-line training with Polish medics and Special Forces along with U.S. Army personnel on the side of a mountain inside Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2009. Kuniyuki is a medic assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Sarah Webb From NPR:
As part of the new American counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan, soldiers and Marines must work first to protect the Afghan population. Given the choice between killing the enemy or risking civilian lives, they have been willing to let the enemy go. NPR's Tom Bowman was in Afghanistan earlier this year and witnessed troops grappling with the dilemma of whether to shoot.
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My Comment: Concerns about ROE have only been discussed among bloggers and military forums .... this is the first time that I am reading about this in a "main stream media" outlet. Finally .... after almost a year of discussion .... people are catching onto this story.