Allen West made an appeal this past weekend that has gone viral on the Web, on behalf of Army 1LT Clint Lorance, who has been sentenced to 20 years for the “murder” of two Taliban scouts in Kandahar Province in 2012.
West refers – correctly – to the following untenable deficiencies in the conditions under which our troops have to operate in Afghanistan:
According to our ridiculous Rules of Engagement, soldiers in a combat zone are told to hold their fire unless there is evidence of hostile action or direct hostile intent. … Continue reading “Why Obama’s Afghanistan strategy is bad faith with our troops”
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