[rangerwife]

I agree with you. All these people need to do is read Blackhawk Down. They would then see that after 2 helicopters were shot down, the Rangers and Delta fought back. They did not run away or back down. I forget the number of casualties the Rangers and Delta inflicted on the Somalis, but it was up there.

I read the article yesterday by Seymour Hersch or whatever his name is. Supposedly some officer told him that this is not a war for the special operations units. He's probably getting all his info from some rear echelon, chairborne ranger type whos ticked off about the special ops getting so much press and getting the action over in Afghanistan.

[ARCADIA]

I agree that Hersh got tipped off by someone upset with mission, not necessarily by the participants.

However, I don't think the whole thing is false. Where there is smoke, there's fire. Right now, the most telling detail is that after the raid we --

haven't seen any other raids. If this one was successful, why not try more.

after much talk about not favoring any specific group in Afghanistan, we are now supporting the Northern Alliance. Probably because don't have any other ideas.

[lelio]

All these people need to do is read Blackhawk Down.
Yes, I agree with reading BD. You'll see how our military 'intelligence' didn't really think the raid through properly. And, according to the author, that no one in the military even thought to look at the situation to see what went wrong.
We need more military reporting like this, so that the US military can effectively engage the troops.
Course this could all be BS from Hersh, but what's the alternative? To believe our government? Excuse me while I gag.