German commandos let Taleban commander escape due to ROE

[Skybird]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...554033,00.html


Damn stupid German policies.

But we mean it oh so well, isn't that worth something, too? - Not even what the dog leaves behind on the sides of the street.

German special forces had an important Taliban commander in their sights in Afghanistan. But he escaped -- because the Germans were not authorized to use lethal force. The German government's hands-tied approach to the war is causing friction with its NATO allies.
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Nonetheless, even in a time of growing threats in Afghanistan, Berlin is sticking to its "principle of proportionality," stressed one high-ranking official in the Defense Ministry. A fugitive like the Baghlan bomber is not an aggressor and should not be shot unless necessary, the official explains.
Soldiers from Britain's British Special Air Service or the US's Delta Force are less bothered about such hair-splitting. For them, this is a war in which it comes down to "kill or be killed," say sources in military circles in Kabul. The "targets" are identified, tracked down and -- often with the help of laser-guided weapons systems -- "eliminated."

A massmurderer and terrorist in the run - being a fugitive instead a taregt...? Germany - little country for lunatics.

And the result of Germany's weak mind and heart and raised sensibility for poor terrorist's needs and sorrows and fears:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...547037,00.html

Either gow in in full size and with uncompromised determination, or leave and get out of the way. Either fight - or don't, and get out of the way. Either do as you talk - or be silent, and get out of the way.