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To: LindyBill who wrote (424590)	5/2/2011 4:08:58 PM
From: t4texas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793858

i do not quite get what you mean. yes, there was plenty of time from the attack until the obama announcement. are you implying during that time the approved raid story was set up? if the raid captured 18 people on the compound, it has not been mentioned by officials that i have heard. if the attackers did a catch-and-release of 18 people in the compound, they have to be talking or have been talking to some of the news outlets that are in the city. so far i have not read anything from their accounts in the pakistani or indian press.

To: LindyBill who wrote (424590)	5/2/2011 5:01:43 PM
From: t4texas	Respond to of 793858

yes, helicopters are always going to be a very weak point in such raids. they are inherently unstable (esp. if anything goes wrong), hard to control, and high maintenance. whatever the drawbacks helicopters are the only way to get troops into tight areas in force plus lots of other advantages once they get there. just look at all the helicopters that went down regularly in iraq just flying along on simple reconn missions.

To: LindyBill who wrote (424590)	5/2/2011 6:39:32 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793858

Just compare this to the Son Tay raid that never came off to rescue our Vietnam prisoners and Carter's desert disaster. The Son Tay raid happened. The prisoners were moved shortly before the assault into N Vietnam. The assault happened. The difference from today is tech advances in intel gathering. One of the Son Tay Raiders is a close personal friend of mine who still works for SF. I knew others who are deceased. I also know many of those on Desert One...The deputy CDR for that raid was a regular handball buddy.