“We cannot succeed in Afghanistan or anywhere else, but let’s talk specifically about Afghanistan, by killing Afghan civilians,” Admiral Mullen said, adding that “we can’t keep going through incidents like this and expect the strategy to work.”

At the same time, Admiral Mullen said, “we can’t tie our troops’ hands behind their backs.”

via Joint Chiefs Chairman Criticizes Afghan Air Strikes – NYTimes.com.

If we remove their hands from Afghanistan, then we won’t need to choose between hand-tying them or killing.