Alas, it’s all too easy to believe. The article states this Chinook-load was a backup force called in after the initial team was bogged down.
I.e. just like “Blackhawk Down” the initial surprise was lost and the backup chopper was probably hovering in one place for far too long.
Even so, it might have been a straightforward crash. I’ve read Michael Yon’s blog and some of those so-called “routine” chopper insertions sound incredibly dangerous with low-light conditions, dust and static electricity.
I thought Obama said he was going to start bringing these Soldiers back in July?
I guess he left out the part about the body bags.
FUBO
This is a horrible loss.
Hussein has mismanaged this war, our economy, and nearly every crisis during his internship. Why the hell does anyone support this clown? God bless our fighting men and women....I wish they had someone in charge who had a pair.
I would like to know why, if this was a Taliban “compound”, the commanders didn’t call for a couple of JDAMS to destroy it before putting operators in. According to the sketchy news so far, an extended firefight had already been going on. One wonders if this was a result of rules of engagement to minimize collateral damage. If so, someone at the top of the theatre command structure needs to be relieved, and an investigation needs to launched to determine who is responsible for implementing the ROE and why.
Why do Spec-Op’s men fly aircraft that can be heard approaching from 20 miles?
“The... force called in by another team which had run into trouble [during] a special raid... The lead team called for help and the Chinook was coming in when it was shot down.”
Kind of wondering now about the outcome of the battle. If the force called in to reinforce the group in trouble was shot down and all hands killed, what happened to the team in trouble?
So: Question one: Was the chopper given any fighter/fire cover - or were they denied because of the murderous ROE put in by this administration - that would not allow fire power because of ANY possibility, even with NO evidence, that a civilian “might” be in the area.
Question Two:
Where did the Taliban get the fire power to take down this chopper?
Did they, as they bragged and promised, use ordinance this regime gifted to them when they ordered the pull out of our troops in No. Eastern Afghanistan - and left the Taliban great stores of weapons? (Never heard of that being done before in the annals of warfare.)
The media dutifully buried these actions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WamBeYQeRvE
and again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uj6sRlzgik&feature=fvwrel
air cover denied when needed
excerpt: “U.S. commanders, citing new rules to avoid civilian casualties, rejected repeated calls to unleash artillery rounds at attackers dug into the slopes and tree lines — despite being told repeatedly that they weren't near the village.
“We are pinned down. We are running low on ammo. We have no air. We’ve lost today,” Marine Maj. Kevin Williams, 37, said through his translator to his Afghan counterpart, responding to the latter’s repeated demands for helicopters.”
(This is far from an isolated incidence. Our KIA’s have more than tripled since this new regime put in his new ROE.)
http://webnews.ampnetmedia.com/2009/09/were-pinned-down-4-u-s-marines-die-in-afghan-ambush/
George W Bush believed in a surge in the campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq to get the upper hand.
Now Obama is playing the good Muslim by getting US Service Personnel killed.
Several months ago it was reported that casualties were up in Afghanistan...
Not the Lame Stream Media cares...
God deliver our men from the bounds of liberalism. This makes me sick.
If it were SEALs or Team 6, why would that be in the news at present? Generally, it would not be revealed for months or years, if ever at all.
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/28/charlie-foxtrot-over-libya/print#
“The real warriors, one way or another, all say the same thing: spend my life if you must, but don’t waste it. A bond of trust based on that contract must exist between a president and the troops. If the president is willing to risk their lives in the absence of a compelling need to defeat a threat to America, that trust is violated.”
Biting my nails and I never do this. Need names of the SEAL’s. I have many friends in certain units and a cousin in____damun, prayers up for the fallen, their families, friends, loved ones. I’m sorry to be selfish. I hope to God it’s not_________, too much death lately, I’d be crushed if he’s dead.