[fluffy0000]

wrong again dude? The president does not formulate operations or construct any 'rules of engagement' in Afghanistan or anyplace except your fantasy.

The Rules of Engagement are always set by the field commander, not the politicians. In Vietnam it was Westmoreland, and not Presidents Johnson or Nixon thousands of miles away giving commands.

President Bush turned the operation in Afghanistan over to the UN and NATO Dec 2001.The United States in Afghanistan is part of this UN mission.l

The United States is bound by "rules of war" as set down by the Hague and Geneva Convention which clearly rule out your fantasy of ' kill them all and let god sort them out."

As the US Military must obey the four Legal Authorities over the US Military:

a) UN Conventional Rules of Warfare (1907 Hague Convention (fighting like WWI) and 1949 Geneva Convention (fighting like WWII with frontal assaults and uniforms).

b) Local Laws (Koran (Quran), Hadith, Fiqh, Sharia, and Afghan Tribal Laws).

c) US Civil Laws

d) UCMJ