Over the previous eight years under the Obama administration, we’d been severely hamstrung by how we were allowed to engage the enemy. Now, a month after President Trump’s inauguration, common sense was prevailing, allowing the guys on the ground more control. War was war, and each of us accepted that there was a chance we might die, but handcuffing the warfighter made the possibility more likely. It was hard enough to fight a vicious and wicked enemy on their own turf without overly-restrictive rules. Now it sounded as if we’d be able to engage the enemy directly and kill them without
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