Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire so what does it mean to you when someone says "turn our military loose"

It means making the cost of actions such as the killings in Paris, MUCH greater than any benefit to a group like ISIS. Basically remove any incentive on the part of ISIS leaders or individual fighters, to try it here.

I'm a bit non-plussesd when someone who has not served says "turn our military loose," because it means by definition sending someone else or someone else's sons and daughters into a fight they personally do not see the need to have skin in.

The argument, "Well, I'm paying for it" falls short as well, as I'm also paying for it, and going.

I prefer to say "We should kick their a$$es" and by we, I mean to include me personally. Which I'm up for.

But that's just how I am.

According to an initial assessment, 116 trucks were destroyed in the attack, which took place near Deir al-Zour, an area in eastern Syria that is controlled by the Islamic State.

The airstrikes were carried out by four A-10 attack planes and two AC-130 gunships based in Turkey.

Until Monday, the United States had refrained from striking the fleet used to transport oil, believed to include more than 1,000 tanker trucks, because of concerns about causing civilian casualties. As a result, the Islamic State’s distribution system for exporting oil had remained largely intact.

To reduce the risk of harming civilians, two F-15 warplanes dropped leaflets about an hour before the attack warning drivers to abandon their vehicles, and strafing runs were conducted to reinforce the message.

Exactly. As you stated elsewhere, politicians and many people here don't want the blood on their hands.

So we'll continue with the 'soft' target bombing ourselves and hope that a Starbucks on every corner in Raqqa will fix everything.

Remember in Saving Private Ryan when they come across that machine gun position and the Captain explains they need to take it out?

And his men get pissed and state it's not part of their objective? And the Captain states "Our objective is to win the war."

That (to me) is "turning our military loose." Killing the enemy as you locate the enemy and allowing the commissioned and non-commissioned officers in the field to make tactical decisions as they arise.

Sure some bad/wrong decisions will be made and the wrong people may die and a church or three might get blown to schit. But as long as the overall strategy is being executed, the army/military continues to move forward.


Travis

I believe the current rules of engagement are that you have to be shot and killed before you return fire. That has to change.

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