It looks like some members of NATO are putting our mission in Afghanistan in jeopardy with senseless restrictions:
The head of the NATO military alliance on Friday urged member nations to drop the restrictions they have placed on their troops in Afghanistan, saying this was hampering the ability to fight Taliban militants.
NATO currently has around 31,000 troops in Afghanistan but some member nations have placed so-called caveats on what their soldiers can do. Some are not allowed to operate at night and others have been banned from fighting altogether.
The caveats have upset the United States, Britain and Canada, who complain their troops are doing most of the fighting against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
…”My strong plea to governments and also my strong plea to you parliamentarians would be — please help us in lifting those caveats as much as possible … you have an important role to play here, because really in Afghanistan it is a problem.”
I think we’ve established that the parliamentarians don’t care.
Video: Admiral Stavridis on the Future of NATO and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan
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