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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 606447" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>If our goal is nation building, we simply had to cut down on the amount of civilian casualties we were causing, and that's impossible to do without using more restrictive ROE's that put the guys on the ground more at risk. Blaming Obama and code pink is a little over the top, my impression is that he's relying primarily on advice from Petraeus, who actually wrote the counterinsurgency manual that this guy is badmouthing. He also says that the purpose of going to war is to win, but following what seems to be a trend in this thread he fails to define what exactly we are trying to win. Personally I think nation building is a fool's errand, but no one's asking me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 606447, member: 4805"] If our goal is nation building, we simply had to cut down on the amount of civilian casualties we were causing, and that's impossible to do without using more restrictive ROE's that put the guys on the ground more at risk. Blaming Obama and code pink is a little over the top, my impression is that he's relying primarily on advice from Petraeus, who actually wrote the counterinsurgency manual that this guy is badmouthing. He also says that the purpose of going to war is to win, but following what seems to be a trend in this thread he fails to define what exactly we are trying to win. Personally I think nation building is a fool's errand, but no one's asking me. [/QUOTE]
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