i'm just gonna go ahead and put it out there that i hate the SOFA agreement. the SOFA agreement (status of forces agreement) covers what we are and (mostly) are not allowed to do.
imagine you are a doctor, and the hospital you work for signs a deal that says you are not allowed to use needles or ask your patient any questions without their 3rd cousin twice removed present. there would probably be a lot of needlessly sick people roaming around.
that's kinda what's happening here, but the end result is reversed. there's a lot of people walking around who don't need to be alive and well, or at least free. there's people who need killin', but the SOFA agreement won't let us do it. it's not so much that i want to kill them, it's just i want them not to be alive anymore.
P.S. yes, i know saying SOFA agreement is redundant, but that's just the way it works. kinda like saying fedex express. it's just something you have to deal with.
P.P.S. if the last line of the post doesn't quite seem like it fits, don't worry about it. it's not meant for everyone, but i couldn't resist the option to put it in.
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It's much more than a SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement). It's referred to as the Security Agreement, and it's the only reason you're here. Without the SA, we had no legal authority to be in Iraq after 1 January. It's not the agreement we wanted, but it's what we got.
i understand all that. but since it's the agreement we got and not the one i wanted, my mind is free to think of what i want while on "missions." complaining about SOFA has become a past time here.
Have you read it?
interesting quesiton. i've read part of it, but not the whole thing. i will admit much of the problem could be from my CO's interpretation of it. most of the annoyance comes from having to put iraqis out front and getting them to do the work. SOFA could just be short hand for restrictions we don't like.
You are probably right that your issues are related to the SA (we don't call it a SOFA anymore): leaders' interpretations and requirements that ISF leads more than they used to and maybe more than they are ready. I'll email you a copy of the SA if you want to read it. It's unclassified. If any of my earlier posts sounded like a staff weenie lecturing a warfighter how to do his job, please disregard. I have been living with the SA since I arrived here and I was just messing with you. Stay safe.
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