ready aim hold your fire

SUMMARY this article is about how in the war that is takingplace in afganistan the US troops are haveing much trouble in how to engage the ennimy this is beucase the genorals say the mission is the afganni peopel and nato says that the troops are there to kill and capture insurgents but the insurgents are the people soo it makes the takst very hard. there curent ruls of engagement are this "NATO forces cannot fire on suspected Taliban fighters unless they are clearly visible, armed and posing a direct threat. Buildings suspected of containing insurgents cannot be targeted unless it is certain that civilians are not also present. Air strikes and night raids are limited, and prisoners have to be released or transferred within four days, making for a 96-hour catch-and-release program" but when the enemy tants them by walking in plain site after they run out of ammuntion and throw there wepons down it can be infureating to theroops in the combat zones to due there jobs ...

OPINON. in my view i realy due understand the fact that its not right to kill civilans but we are in a WAR not a shooting range if we are to acomplish the mission in a timely manner and have to take down the terrist then i belive that there are nessiasay tradigydys that must take place i belive that if disragarding some engagement rules would endager civilians but impact the goal of get the terroist and taliban then take those risk becuase i know if i was a civilian and i knew that the rules of engagment said they weill shoot me if i am around a terroist well then i would try as best a s i could and move and stay way .. no im not the best informed about the afgani peoples situation and if they could move and espape or they have family members who are in the talliban but those are choices that they need to make if the value there personal life and not trying to get killed by the americans.

link http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/06/ready-aim-hold-your-fire/