[fluffy0000]

wrong again dude.
Rules of engagement always originate from the commander in the field.

The president or the congress does not issue orders or rules of engagement to the field commander on how he conducts combat operations?

And again - President Bush turned the US operation in Afghanistan over to the UN and NATO way back in Dec 2001.

Do you have sources?

Please provide any source from Gen. Petraeus complaining about the source or any rules of engagement?
He was in charge of U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from September 16, 2008, to June 30, 2010,


below is an example of two (2) sources.

(RTTNews) 8/4/2010 11:15 AM ET
Gen. Petraeus Calls For Extreme Caution To Minimize Afghan Civilian Casualties
The top U.S. and NATO military commander in Afghanistan has issued new guidelines to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) emphasizing priority to minimize civilian casualties in its mission to wipe out Taliban insurgents.
Gen. David Petraeus issued a strict order on Wednesday in line with a change in tactics introduced by his predecessor Gen. Stanley McChrystall last year, as civilian deaths during ISAF operations targeting militants created "more enemies" than friends.

Oregon Live
Published: Friday, May 14, 2010
David Sirota writes for Creators Syndicate

Though we don't like to call it mass murder, the U.S. government's undeclared drone war in Pakistan is devolving into just that. As noted by a former counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus and a former Army officer in Afghanistan, the operation has become a haphazard massacre.

"Press reports suggest that over the last three years drone strikes have killed about 14 terrorist leaders," David Kilcullen and Andrew Exum wrote in 2009. "But, according to Pakistani sources, they have also killed some 700 civilians. This is 50 civilians for every militant killed."
Former Gen. Stanley McChrystal has, indeed, told journalists that in Afghanistan, U.S. troops have "shot an amazing number of people" and "none has proven to have been a real threat.