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I saw the film. It was tough to watch, knowing beforehand how it would end. Having all the luxury and comfort of hindsight, the right decision would have been to gag and hogtie the herders, quickly move to a point where radio contact could be established, and get lifted out of there or bring in a larger backup force or air support. At the point when the herders showed up, they had already determined that the enemy numbers in camp were much higher than was expected.
They could not leave the herders without killing them, they said it they talked about it
They did move yto establish radio contact
People now take radio contact as an easy given. But in those mts ten yrs ago no
The whole story was about no radio. They did their best it was not their fault the no comm