[Ispy4u]

We will lose soldiers in war, but with the informatin LTC West already had there were many ways to mitigate that risk. Awareness of a plan is almost as good as having the whole plan for good commanders, that is the way 99% of our operations are conducted anyway.

Look at the number of attacks on our troops daily and the number of our troops killed. The enemy is nowhere near 100% effective, and for you to give them that credit is an insult to our well trained and motivated soldiers.

[raybbr]

The enemy is nowhere near 100% effective, and for you to give them that credit is an insult to our well trained and motivated soldiers.

I never gave them any such credit. I would like to see the enemy at 0% effectiveness. Whereas you seem to think that the ROE are designed for fair play and the enemy should be allowed a certain amount of effectiveness in killing our troops. If West's actions saved one American life in the battlefield then he was correct.

You continually ask others to prove that his action saved lives. In every report posted that claim is made. Since neither of us was there we can only go by the reports available to us. You ask us to prove he saved lives by action as way to deconstruct that arguement. Since you, apparently, are arguing his actions were unneccesary, prove your arguement.