joether -> RE: Ben Ghazi.. the scandal continues (5/13/2014 9:26:11 PM)
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ORIGINAL: papassion No knowledge? We had unarmed drones (another dumb decision with the known danger from prior attacks and 9/11 comming up) They were watching the attack in real time. What more advantage than having a drone transmitting in real time, can you expect in a wartime situation? Its one thing to look at the terrain from 36,000 feet. Its quite another thing to be the boots on the ground. You might know the location of buildings and landmarks in either case. Unfortunately looking at a battlefield from an image, and charging up/across said battlefield, while under all sorts of fire, are two very different things. The SEALs knew ahead of time the 'lay of the land' from the individual level, not some drone's recon shots. Those going into Benghazi would not have that advantage; more so their enemies...DID...have the lay of the land. Maybe the military and/or administration did not want another 'Somalia Blackhawk Down'. They got blamed for that one; so it would make sense they 'pass the buck' to the administration to make the final decision. Tough decision....but that's the sort of decisions the President of the United States of America was hired to do. Its one thing to play 'Armchair General' when you have the luxury of facts, details, and all the knowledge from a historical point of time. Its very different when you have to make a decision, and you don't have the luxury of time and details. The SEAL mission to take down Osama bin Laden could have gone 'south' in any number of ways...including....war with Pakistan! The SEALs were raiding a house less then a few thousand feet from a Pakistan army base. quote:
ORIGINAL: papassion And when I quoted the Lt Colonel saying "even if you think you don't have a chance in hell, you try!" every present ad prior serviceman here knows what that means. Not the vidio player kids! Yeah, because there are plenty of examples of officers and enlisted disobeying orders is US Military History, rushing head long into the fray, only to realize a bit to late, what a dumb idea that was. And the number of causalities that result afterward are often....staggering. When officers start viewing their troops as mere numbers rather than professional soldiers, it becomes easier to throw their lives away. Isn't that the ugly truth learned from Vietnam? Where do you think the phrase "Choose Your Battles" originates?
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