Afghanistan

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by BigV

those aren't militants...

You know this how?

...those are simple brutal criminals. that is nothing like a political statement, or a military action.

It is certainly a statement of violence common to an insurgency, terrorize the population to see things and do things your way.

hanging the son of a police officer for not being given a police vehicle is just criminal.

No, it is a common terroristic tactic used to influence those in the immediate area. The Nazi's did the same thing in WWll.

The response to such crimes should be from the law enforcement part of the government--not the military, though in Afghanistan, there is considerable overlap there.

What do you do when there is no such structure? What do you do when there is no such "law enforcement"?

it is a terrible tragic story, but not about a military situation, just about cruel fucking criminals.

It is absolutely a military situation. A situation that our troops and the troops of other nations in support of the action encounter on a regular basis. So maybe we should just agree to disagree.