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...Charge of the Light Brigade...

FWIW, I read an analysis of the what happened with the Light Brigade, and it boiled down to a misunderstanding of vague orders, with the green, relatively untrained commander ignoring the nearer, first enemy unit, and going head long into canon fire, with the first enemy unit raking a crossfire into the cavalry going in, and then more raking crossfire into the retreating survivors on the way out.

Not quite apples to apples with what the US Army unit did.

I saw ‘12 Strong’ today. A good, straightforward war movie. All the politics in the movie are centered around the Afghan warlords. Helmsworth is good. As is the actor playing the allied warlord. The team’s accomplishments wrre a marvel.

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