Account of an ambush in Afghanistan...

This account of a recent ambush of American and Afghan troops in Afghanistan is worth reading.

While I can't speak to the specific regulation in question here, it is extremely disturbing to me if current ROE's in Afghanistan can leave our troops to die because we're concerned about Public Relations, or because we harbor a level of aversion to (perceived) collateral damage that is so pronounced that it vitiates our ability to win the war.