Taliban plan to use ROE against US in A’stan

McClatchy and Stars & Stripes reports that civilians caught in the noose the US Army has looped around Marjah in Afghanistan aren’t leaving the area;

“Commanders in the area are reporting no significant increase in persons moving out of Nad-e Ali district in the last month,” the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said in a statement. “Despite reports of large numbers of civilians fleeing the area, the facts on the ground do not support these assertions.”

Thousands of U.S., British and Afghan soldiers are poised to push into the area, with preliminary operations reported to have begun late Tuesday. Afghan police will accompany the soldiers in an effort to establish law and order quickly.

The presence of a large number of civilians could make the operation much trickier and provide a test of the new coalition military doctrine of protecting the population. A large media contingent from around the world will accompany the troops, recording their progress.

Well, that’s because the cowardly Taliban plan to hide behind skirts and let the media break up the US attack for them. They should let the Afghan Army lead the attack with a column of photographers right behind them. Let the Afghans live with our new ROE. Or die with the new ROE.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Military issues, Terror War