re: #937 Kenneth

New ROE slowing the Marines

Good luck with that!
The ‘preferred’ weapon of the Taleban right now seems to be IEDs.
The US forces should be ok, seeing that their armoured vehicles are better and they have more helicopters.

However, I’m not happy with this statement (my emphasis):
‘The intense combat in Helmand, and elsewhere, has bumped up the casualty rate. Foreign troops are headed for a record number of casualties ‘
Thats our lads, they are the ones with the heavy casualty rates, and deaths.

Would be nice if they had said so ..