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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 241640" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p>wkmac</p><p> </p><p>About the time I made it to page nine I thought maybe you wrote the article. </p><p> </p><p>At the risk of getting my hand slapped by diesel again for straying off the topic of the thread I will answer your question. </p><p> </p><p>They covered many topics and the major question I would have is what did they leave out. On the first topic they covered they would leave you to believe that that patrol had no situational awareness. They were heading straight for a major hiding place with very poorly trained enemy sentries watching. They then turned away at the last second. They never noticed that they were being watched and they never picked up any of the radio traffic as Al Queada fighters communicated with each other. I think this is unlikely from what I have experienced. Were our soldiers turned away because they were over the border? </p><p> </p><p>On the thing with Rumsfield they kind of make my previous point for me in a round about way. I thought they operation had grown much larger in size but I was not there. This is a good reason to have civilian oversight for the military because many times there are more things to consider. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the force protection I will say there are career officers who are more worried about their future than doing their job. That being said I do not think the things he brought up were force protection issues solely. Many soldiers have aggressive personalities. This is a good thing but they have to have rules put in place for a reason. </p><p> </p><p>On a lighter note I think any high school freshman could make a better video than either of the two that were released this week. Maybe he is becoming ineffective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 241640, member: 8259"] wkmac About the time I made it to page nine I thought maybe you wrote the article. At the risk of getting my hand slapped by diesel again for straying off the topic of the thread I will answer your question. They covered many topics and the major question I would have is what did they leave out. On the first topic they covered they would leave you to believe that that patrol had no situational awareness. They were heading straight for a major hiding place with very poorly trained enemy sentries watching. They then turned away at the last second. They never noticed that they were being watched and they never picked up any of the radio traffic as Al Queada fighters communicated with each other. I think this is unlikely from what I have experienced. Were our soldiers turned away because they were over the border? On the thing with Rumsfield they kind of make my previous point for me in a round about way. I thought they operation had grown much larger in size but I was not there. This is a good reason to have civilian oversight for the military because many times there are more things to consider. On the force protection I will say there are career officers who are more worried about their future than doing their job. That being said I do not think the things he brought up were force protection issues solely. Many soldiers have aggressive personalities. This is a good thing but they have to have rules put in place for a reason. On a lighter note I think any high school freshman could make a better video than either of the two that were released this week. Maybe he is becoming ineffective. [/QUOTE]
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