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Politics : New FADG.
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To: unclewest who wrote (832)5/24/2007 9:51:41 AM
From: HawkmoonRead Replies (1) of 4152
 
A FN outrageous deployment and use of American troops.

Yeah.. I've never understood the efficacy of constant motorized patrols that exposes our troops to IED attacks, merely to "show the flag".. That's what the Iraqis must be motivated to perform. We have UAV technology available for performing "route recon" if we would emphasize it as a force multiplier (although production/training on UAV use would have to be drastically ramped up).

There's just no way to defend against IEDs, except using jammers (warlocks) against remotely detonated bombs, and you definitely can't defend against a hard-wired IED with a guy laying in wait to trigger it. So why expose our guys to being killed in such a manner unless we're engaged in a major operation?

And leaving those soldiers out there at 0400 to be hit by a deliberate attack by AQ forces was insane. My understanding is that the first thing anyone knew about the attack was when a Predator observed the burning vehicles 40 minutes later, whereupon a QRF was dispatched. Where was the leadership that required those troops check in every 15-30 minutes?

It reminds me of when those Marine snipers were killed back in 2005. They had been using the same "hide site" over and over again, and hadn't even bothered to perform a stealthy insert. They had parked the Hummer right next to their location. And then they proceeded to fall asleep, permitting the enemy to sneak up on their position and kill them point-blank. I really thought that the platoon commander and/or sergeant should have been relieve for dereliction of duty for not maintaining radio contact with their forces. I'll never forget when the folks I was working for discovered the body of one of those marines who's body had been mutilated (dragged and left in the middle of a road). We had to call out an EOD team to check for booby-traps on his body.

Hawk
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