Why do you think Bush won't allow anyone to see US "rules of engagement" for the Iraq war?

Question

I mean if the libs wrote all those rules for US troops that are keeping them from winning the war in Iraq why aren't they plastered up all over the Internet & Wall St. Journal & why isn't Fox News, Ann Coulter, Rush, screaming out about them at the top of their lungs?

Or might it be because Bush & the Pentagon wrote a lot of those rules (on behalf of their Sunni Arab allies) & if that got out to the American people Bush would not only be hated by 70% of the country the other 30% would hate him as well & he'd be finished as President?

Would conservatives even support Bush if they knew that he was mostly responsible for the US rules of engagement that are getting US troops killed & tying one arm behind their backs when they fight?

Answer 1

Some people are so die hard for Bush that they will still believe what he says and/or does no matter how outrageous!

Answer 2

Bush probably won't make public the rules of engagement by the US because the enemy is not the enemy we knew when the rules of engagement were formulated 100 years ago @ at the Geneva Convention. Back then all wars were fought by men in uniform. You knew you were fighting the Germans or the Japanese. If you were caught fighting without a uniform, you could be shot as a spy. Today, it is difficult to separate the friendlies from your foes as they wear no uniform and can blend into the civilian population. Shoot or kill someone with no uniform, and although you know damn well that the man you just killed was trying to kill you a minute ago, the foreign press and the liberal press here in the USA will have you on trial for killing an 'innocent civilian'. So if I were a US soldier and I was in a firefight, the rules of engagement would be the last thing on my mind. Survival first and then worry about whether the rules of engagement were followed. Best not to talk about it....from the lowly footsoldier to the Commander-in-Chief.

Answer 3

I seriously doubt that "the rules of engagement" is the reason keeping the Americans from winning this war. The enemy clearly is extremely difficult to identify until they actually attack -and when the troops try and get a little pro-active, the anti-war, PC dimwits in this country are all over it - legal representatives for the detainees, Geneva convention rights, alleged torture blown all out of proportion, humiliation of prisoners front page news and so on.
Face it, the liberals in this country have thrown the towel in when it concerns the war in Iraq, and they have done everything they can to discredit the administration and policies concerning the war. I seriously doubt that they even stop to consider any possible consequenses of loosing this war - and if they do, their actions indicate that they are seriously in need of professional help.

Answer 4

You are missing the point. The bottom line is that lib's do not get that people DIE in wars. You guys had Sean Penn over there trying to be a human shield - remember? Our military is trying to preserve innocent lives, and at the same time gets crap from the left in this country. Lib's seem to care more about the enemy than their own soldiers.

Answer 5

There is no good way to fight a war and that includes a war against an insurgency. Unfortunately, they are written for political reasons. The thing about an insurgency is that it is more political than military. Read Mao and others on how they won these sorts of war against those who fight conventional war. It is always better to be the one supplying arms to insurgents than to be the one fighting against them.

Answer 6

Most countries, when involved in war, never discuss the plans they are trying to implement. But, in America, "the enemy has a First Amendment Right to know everything we are trying to do,..our Press insists that they need to know".

Remember, The American Press is a business. They take no oath of allegiance, no study of the reporters' backgrounds, yet they want to know all the military secrets we have.

We probably are a "joke" in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Thank God we now have a President who protects our secrets.

Answer 7

The only ones scewing up the war in Irak are those Dem. chair warmers in the Pentagon or State Dept. who want to micro manage every move by the military. The mere fact that they know zilch about fighting a war is unimportant.
For them it's perfectly OK if US troops get killed, but, one Iraki civilian accidently gets shot - instant outrage.

Answer 8

Possibly because he doesn't want the enemy knowing what the US troops' limitations are ahead of time. If they (the bad guys) know how far to go before the troops are allowed to respond, it will jeopardize the safety of the troops. You can make a big conspiracy of it if you want (and probably will), but I suspect this is all there is to it.

Answer 9

It could be because the theory of the war keeps changing all the time--from they're a threat to U.S. security, to they're harboring weapons of mass destruction, to Iraqi freedom. Hard to keep the story straight.

Answer 10

Because he doesn't care about soldiers, he wants control of the oil. I think the 30% is highly inflated, I think more around 15% more and more people everyday distance themselves from him.

Answer 11

Because one of thier policies is to have our "allies" do the dirty work. From the torture prisons in Eithiopia to the 1,200 murdered Taliban prisoners in northern Afghanistan.
Somehow, in thier minds, if the Dope Dealers they employ are doing the killing, it doesn't count.