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To: LindyBill who wrote (252712)	6/2/2008 3:51:43 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793652

"If they didn't (find the Marines acted appropriately), it would look pretty bad for all of the upper echelon staff who rushed to get MSOC F out the door and into action in a kind of warfare they were not prepared to fight. Afghanistan is not Iraq, the training and experience base were insufficient, too much emphasis was placed on Direct Action and too little place on counterinsurgency basics, ..." he wrote in an e-mail. There is a big kernel of truth in that. I expect to see the retirements of 1 or 2 army generals over this.