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To: OldDeckHand; All
I'd like to offer this from the court martial testimony:

"MAJ Dobson, the doctor who had to replace LTC Lakin on short notice, testified next. He recounted how two days after arriving in theatre, the unit suffered a mass-casualty attack, with sixteen wounded. He said that he was not, in his opinion, as well-prepared to deal with the attack as he would have been had he had longer to prepare for operations at the FOB." Link

How many men died so Lakin could have the opportunity to go down in flames?

70 posted on 12/15/2010 1:54:00 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

“How many men died so Lakin could have the opportunity to go down in flames? “

For a 10 dollar BC. Soebarakah should be ashamed. But I dont know if they have that concept in Kenya.


76 posted on 12/15/2010 1:56:21 PM PST by PA-RIVER ( POTUS is a dishonest disrespectful POS who can't come clean with the Constitution)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Yes, that's damning. Coupled with the pre-deployment leave, and the "you had your chance" comment to the MOH recipient, I think Lakin is going to receive something on the heavy side. It's my personal experience that field-grade officers are harder on themselves, than they are on enlisted men, if for no other reason than "he should have known better". I think if Lakin gets something less than 12-months confinement, he's doing well, but he should gird his loins for the worst.
92 posted on 12/15/2010 2:04:40 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: Non-Sequitur

That’s pretty low.

How many brave souls unecessarily died when their CIC delayed his decision, while endlessly golfing, to send in the surge troops .. for months?

Other than the drone attacks, how many brave souls died and *are* dying from their CIC’s insane ROE so muslims are protected?

How many courageous troops die every day due to their CIC’s
blatant appeasement of the terrorist beasts and the now
obvious perception of him around the world as an
extraordinarily (very dangerously so) weak US CIC and leader?

How many intrepid military have died from the weapons
and fighters supplied by Iran in Iraq and Afghanistan,
while their CIC plays footsie and refuses to show strength
and resolve for our safety and that of our troops in the
face of their direct involvement in killing our own?

Why is the sky blue ?


96 posted on 12/15/2010 2:07:39 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Hindsight’s always 20/20.

(no one can predict the future)


98 posted on 12/15/2010 2:08:41 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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