Supah_Schmendrick
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Supah_Schmendrick
6d ago
Er, I'm not a soldier, but at least to me that reads as a criticism of RoE which are badly designed, not of the concept of RoE generally. Otherwise, why specify that it's stupid RoE that you're jettisoning? Presumably there are "non-politically-correct" and "smart" RoE.
But "maximum lethality" is part of a list describing (I think), Hegseth's preferred RoE, also including "common sense" and "authority for warfighters" (whoever they are). Incidentally, this confusion is why we need the Oxford comma, dammit - the oxford comma makes clear that "maximum lethality" is distinct from "authority for warfighters," while without a comma there is confusion about whether it's one list item or two.
But assuming that this is a three item list, I agree that "maximum" is a trade-off against something, but presumably it's restricted by "common sense" (whatever that is), and "authority for warfighters" (which I presume means deferring to what the individuals on the ground are seeing and reporting, but am not sure).
I still think you're likely over-selling this.
On the other hand, I continue to be a fat-ass civilian, so YMMV.
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