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Old 10-20-2009, 04:13 PM   #20
John D Harris
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Default Re: Obama's excellent strategy

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Originally Posted by Morgeruat View Post
General McChrystal isn't helping things with his new ROA, which prevents the military from going into civilian areas to chase down taliban. Which means they can safely take over a civilian house and use it as a sniper nest against US troops with no fear of returned fire.
ROA's can be a problem, the only rule in war is kill them before they kill you... or as Patton said the object of war isn't to die for your country it's to make the other bastard die for his.
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