In the museum yesterday, 8/11/12, I encountered an Army Company Commander just back from Afgh on leave. Asking questions of him about conditions, he was first reticent, but opened up.
This is the kind of guy we want over there representing our country. He said, he just lost two soldiers because "we were not allowed to shoot at guys with cell phones that set off IEDs."
"Don't believeh what you see in Hurt Locker he said, it's all BS. If we shoot a civilian with a cell phone, we have to do it AFTER the explosion, NOT before."
I asked him what happens when you do shoot the guy with the cell phone, assuming he's the guy who blew up one of your vehicle?
The company commander said, " all hell STILL breaks loose, it's politics. the locals raise hell, they turn against us, throw rocks. One minute they love us, the next...you never know."
I have heard this and saw this before, the Captain is too young to know, it does sound like Viet Nam all over again, and I was a HAWK on VN.
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