New Army Handbook... really new Army handcuffing of our troops...

Yet more evidence that not one more of our people should be put in harm's way by our inept leaders:

Holy s#!t, this is not good...sent by a soldier high up in a major combat HQ...you are going to be very angry about this:

The US Army has drafted a new handbook on how to interact with our Afghan counterparts while in country. The proposed Army handbook suggests that Western ignorance of Afghan culture, not Taliban infiltration, has helped drive the recent spike in deadly attacks by Afghan soldiers against the coalition forces.

Many of the confrontations occur because of [coalition] ignorance of, or lack of empathy for, Muslim and/or Afghan cultural norms, resulting in a violent reaction from the [Afghan security force] member," according to the draft handbook prepared by Army researchers.

But it has drawn criticism from U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen, the top military commander in Afghanistan, who aides said hasn't—and wouldn't—endorse the manual as written. Gen. Allen also rejected a proposed foreword that Army officials drafted in his name.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324024004578171561230647852.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_h

Unfortunately, the WSJ version is paid only, but here's a taste of the article:

...The draft handbook uses Maj. Bordin's conclusions to psychologically prepare troops for serving in Afghanistan. A summary includes views of some U.S. soldiers that Afghan forces engage in thievery, are "gutless in combat," are "basically stupid," "profoundly dishonest," and engage in "treasonous collusion and alliances with enemy forces."

The draft handbook offers a list of "taboo conversation topics" that soldiers should avoid, including "making derogatory comments about the Taliban," "advocating women's rights," "any criticism of pedophilia," "directing any criticism towards Afghans," "mentioning homosexuality and homosexual conduct" or "anything related to Islam."

"Bottom line: Troops may experience social-cultural shock and/or discomfort when interacting with" Afghan security forces, the handbook states. "Better situational awareness/understanding of Afghan culture will help better prepare [troops] to more effectively partner and to avoid cultural conflict that can lead toward green-on-blue violence."

Cultural sensitivity is one thing.  But.  How any American soldier can avoid criticism (especially witnessing that behavior) of how they treat women and children is beyond me.  

We have lost the war... on common sense.  Those who major in political correctness are in charge and they're leading our men and women to slaughter.

Let's get the hell out of there.

Now.

Comments

[Locutisprime]

Leaving will solve nothing. It will only embolden our enemies and lead to a day when we must return to finish what we should have done to begin with.

Benjamin Franklin once warned against being penny wise and pound foolish. That is precisely what we are engaged in right now. Our errors will come back to haunt us. Our errors are already haunting us.

[ezridersos]

One of the creeping, unanalyzed myths of our time is that it is somehow wrong to dislike Islam, or any part thereof, and wrong to take a dim view of its tenets and demands, and wrong to take a still dimmer view of the figure who founded it. I can practically hear the distant toting and grunts of disapproval. Poor Islam. Poor Muslims. Their beliefs are being mocked. How hurtful. How 'racist.' How terribly unfair.
No. It's not unfair at all. What's unfair is a demand for unearned deference and a unilateral exemption from the testing of ideas. What's unfair, indeed despicable, are efforts by Islamic groups to cow dissent and stifle criticism with a well-rehearsed pantomime of victim hood and the projection of false motives. Pretending to be hurt in order to assert one's will over others, even violently, or to gain unreciprocated favors, or to exert control over what others may say and think, is cowardly and malign. Let me say that once again. It's cowardly and malign.