There was a firefight in Syria in the last few weeks. A few hundred operators paid by Russia attempted to take an oilfield held by US personnel and Arab forces.
The Russian convoy did not have AA, armor or air support. The Americans knew about the plan ahead of time and had artillery dialed in, along with 4 Apaches.
There were not many survivors.
I like the sound of that.
Now if only Mattis would order Code Red on all the PC and feminist crap as well as return fitness and training standards to its pre-Clinton state.
But he will not as a creature of the swamp, and a Pentagon Perfumed Prince (Colonel David Hackworth). And the military will continue to devolve into a socially acceptable flab.
Bottom line, the jihadis won because we protect them from the Syrian government taking back it’s territory and oil.
Mattis is being a good soldier, so he won’t ask why the SDF fighters that we are supporting are any better for western civilization than Assad’s forces or the FSA forces being supported by the Turks.
Active Duty ping.