I've done nothing to diminish the accomplishments of our Armed Forces. I've simply pointed out the obvious ineptitude of our enemies. You can continue to suggest that I'm minimizing the efficacy of the Pashtuns, but it flies directly in the face of the fact that they were unable to inflict a single casualty in 8 hours despite the superlatives you use in describing them.
You can deny that you deify them, but I used your words, that you prescribed to them: "skilled", "courageous", "tacticians", and "vastly superior forces".
Since I routinely clear our troops on return from Afghanistan, I don't need to rely on "one star comedies" I have hundreds of first hand accounts as well as family, friends, and co-workers who've spent a year + in theater. The general opinion of the jihadis is that "They're not worth s**t." to quote numerous men returning from tours.
Owl_Eagle
“When the stock market crashed,
Franklin Roosevelt got on the television
and didn’t just talk about
the princes of greed, he said,
‘Look, here’s what happened.’"
-Slow Joe Biden
"Despite this constraint, paratroopers have set admirable records by holding out for great lengths of time even when surrounded by superior forces."
250 to 30 means the Marines were up against superior forces. And if they are in an ambush, the enemy invariably chooses the most advantageous position to attack, which coincides with the target being in the most vulnerable position to defend.
Now go back and read the 10 commentators, who at a rate of 100%, disagree with you.