http://conflicthealth.com/good-reads-for-25-march-2009/ Armed Conflict, Public Health, Human Security, Health Diplomacy, and Medical Intelligence Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:01:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://conflicthealth.com/good-reads-for-25-march-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-462 gail Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:09:28 +0000 http://warandhealth.com/good-reads-for-25-march-2009/#comment-462 I always gasp when someone asks this question. More often than not follows it by a condemnation of the performance of the coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then a recitation of how many civilians were killed in an attack on a wedding party. ALL rules of engagement limit civilian casualties. Were this year 1943, we would have dispensed with the Taliban, al Qaeda, and practically everyone else in Iraq and Afghanistan by now. It's not as if we don't have the fire power. Not only the ROE, but International norms restrain the military's performance. I always gasp when someone asks this question. More often than not follows it by a condemnation of the performance of the coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then a recitation of how many civilians were killed in an attack on a wedding party. ALL rules of engagement limit civilian casualties. Were this year 1943, we would have dispensed with the Taliban, al Qaeda, and practically everyone else in Iraq and Afghanistan by now. It’s not as if we don’t have the fire power. Not only the ROE, but International norms restrain the military’s performance.

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