THE CAPTAIN’S JOURNAL on Afghanistan and the Rules Of Engagement. “I said it would happen, and only recently ‘officials’ have admitted that the new Afghanistan ROE have opened up new space for the insurgents.”

UPDATE: A reader emails: ‘If Marines can be prosecuted for violating rules of engagement, why can’t those who impose rules of engagement be prosecuted when those rules kill Marines?” I don’t think so, but at the very least this needs to be re-examined urgently.