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US soldiers killed in Niger had little combat experience
Washington Examiner ^ | 10/24/17 | Diana Stancy Correll

Posted on 10/24/2017 4:27:14 PM PDT by markomalley

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1 posted on 10/24/2017 4:27:14 PM PDT by markomalley
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Gotta start somewhere!


2 posted on 10/24/2017 4:29:28 PM PDT by DownInFlames
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that’s exactly what I was going to say


3 posted on 10/24/2017 4:30:18 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: markomalley

I don’t believe I have seen such a non story all afternoon.


4 posted on 10/24/2017 4:30:51 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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They were/are superbly trained.


5 posted on 10/24/2017 4:31:15 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: DownInFlames

Sounds like fake news.


6 posted on 10/24/2017 4:31:15 PM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: markomalley

I’ll bet they were more prepared for combat than Ambassador Chris Stevens or information officer Sean Smith was, but the media was never concerned about Obama abandoning them now were they..


7 posted on 10/24/2017 4:31:17 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: markomalley

So now we know that that wacko lady from Florida helped to craft the legislation that set up the mission in Niger, that Barack Obama created specific parameters for that mission that hamstrung it and made the soldiers that far more vulnerable to what eventually did happen and led to the deaths..who knows what more will be revealed and that is probably going to make Democrat operatives who got this ridiculous phone call story going look even more stupid.


8 posted on 10/24/2017 4:33:05 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: markomalley

Oil, Soros, Obama, Hillary, Moslems, France.


9 posted on 10/24/2017 4:33:44 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: markomalley

From a back-of-magazine challenge I DREW CHIPPY, thereby passing the Q Course, to my surprise.

Look into it, it’s a new deal they’re running.

My buddy got a Ranger Tab out of a box of Cracker Jacks.


10 posted on 10/24/2017 4:34:20 PM PDT by gaijin
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If you have no combat experience, the only way to get it is in combat. Stupid article.


11 posted on 10/24/2017 4:35:12 PM PDT by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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Oh, and I forgot one.....

Saudi Arabia


12 posted on 10/24/2017 4:35:26 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: markomalley

Sgt La David Johnson was a wheeled vehicle mechanic.


13 posted on 10/24/2017 4:37:16 PM PDT by bushpilot2
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To: gaijin
Think YOU have what it takes to be an elite Special Forcer Operator..?

RAW CHIPPY..! Or the Pirate..!

Send it in and our judges will tell you if YOU have what it takes to receive a PASS on the grueling Q COURSE..!!

14 posted on 10/24/2017 4:41:51 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: markomalley

The problem with combat is that the other side gets to do whatever they can do.

In this case, they hit you when you think you’re safe.

I’m not a big fan of running patrols in Toyota pickups.

Someone wrote that Obama had restricted the equipment that could be used in Niger.

If that’s the case, than old Obamabozo owns this one.


15 posted on 10/24/2017 4:45:08 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: markomalley

Diana ought to stick to covering high school proms, or something.

She has not the foggiest idea how the world works.


16 posted on 10/24/2017 4:46:51 PM PDT by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)
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Drones not Troops next time? What/Where was the Recon or Surveillance?

Condolences to the lost soldiers families. This was not a textbook nor routine mission.. none are these days.

Are resources stretched too thin?

Or are our troops asked to do too much in too many places?

Is the intel bad?

Are regional commanders in over their heads?


17 posted on 10/24/2017 4:50:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: gaijin

Yeah, that’s how it works.. yeah that’s the ticket..


18 posted on 10/24/2017 4:53:43 PM PDT by mylife
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To: gaijin

And frankly many awards come from doing amazingly dumb stuff.


19 posted on 10/24/2017 4:55:35 PM PDT by mylife
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True, and an ambush always starts with an advantage for the attackers. Even experienced soldiers who have superior weapons and air support can have a terrible time in an ambush by less experienced and less well armed opponents.


20 posted on 10/24/2017 4:57:07 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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