Posted on 11/25/2014 5:52:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
If you’re wondering why we’re having so much trouble winning the War on Terror, here’s how much bureaucracy taking out a Taliban terrorist involves.
I explained that for the more complex missions, such as a mission to search for a weapons cache or to kill or capture a Haqqani commander, my Special Forces teams had to assemble a forty-slide conop for briefing and approval by a dozen higher headquarters if the team wanted to use helicopters.
“A dozen command approvals?” Vickers asked me incredulously. “Name them.” The lieutenant colonel who was accompanying him glared at me over Vickers’ shoulder.
“Absolutely. Now, assuming that the targeted Taliban commander has gone through all the hoops to verify that he is indeed bad, which is a painstaking process in itself, my ODAs then have to put together a full mission brief and get it approved by”-I ticked them off on my fingers-”one, the Special Forces company commander; two, the Special Operations Task Force commander at Bagram; three, the Special Forces group commander at Bagram; four, the Special Forces general in Kabul in charge of all Special Operations Forces; five, the local battle space owner [conventional battalion commander]; six, the battle space owner’s brigade commander [the conventional brigade commander]; and seven, the regional commanding general at Bagram for eastern Afghanistan.”
Vickers’ brow was furrowed. I continued. “Then, if the mission is using helicopters that belong to the conventional units, as most of them do, we also would have to brief, eight, the aviation battalion commander, and nine, the aviation brigade commander.” If the mission was going after Taliban leadership, I said, then the ISAF commander or one of his deputies had to provide his approval. “That’s ten briefs.
“Finally, sir, as you know,” I continued, “we are proud of the fact that we always conduct our missions with our partnered Afghan Army units. But that also means their leadership should be informed. So we also brief the ANA battalion commander; who in turn needs to brief his boss, the ANA brigade commander. That’s numbers eleven and twelve.” I had run out of fingers.
That’s a walk in the park compared to strikes on ISIS which are practically being run out of the White House and have a lot more civilian approvals in the mix. We have the power. We just can’t use it.
First kill all the lawyers.
This is what happens when we allow community organizers, college administrators, and WOMEN to be our leaders.
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you cant win a WAR run by hand wringing, teeth gnashing, sweaty palm, panty waste libtards.... who have never been in the military much less combat... oh so politically correct little girly men... but then again in addition you cant have a commie, muzzie anti-american commander in chief and expect anything but incompetence and deceit.. obama’s open cooperation and assistance to the muzlim brotherhood was nothing short of treason..his reluctance to attack and kill the enemy is suspect to his motives... why? he is one of them... traitor and shoudl be imepached. tuen the ddogs of war loose and we could eliminate isi in a month of concentrated shock and awe.. how can you expect the locals to get on the abndwagon when they see the usa come and go and supporters get massacred.. teh problem is at the top.... not the fighting man...
Insanity.
“First kill all the lawyers.”
Be nice,
First silence all the lawyers.
Muzzle, deport, send to Mars ...
First kill all the liberals.
We, as a country, could not accomplish a moon landing today.
We’ve been hobbled by bureaucracy, litigiousness, mediocrity, disdain for the successful, and political correctness.
This isnt news. On my son’s 2nd deployment to Iraq they were told by their 1st Sgt not to fire their weapons (even when being fired on) ever. Instead they were to beat feet back to the FOB and sit it out. Those disobeying the ‘no fire’ order had to complete separate paperwork for each rounds fired. I believe it was 10 or so pieces / round at that time.
Unbelievable, simply unbelievable. I shouldn’t be surprised. That is almost on par with the attics in GI No on Robot Chicken. It’s on YouTube if you want a laugh.
We used to know how to wage war.
I've seen Apollo paperwork. I can assure you that the above notion just isn't true.
When will liberals, in positions of power, rely on advisors who actually know what they’re doing> Vietnam was run the same way by the Democrats....I know better than those silly generals, so we’ll do it my way.....Obama is a champion of this asinine theory and the results are apparent...
Margaret Thatcher did a fine job!!
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