What REAL reason could there be for sending out the same patrol on the same route at the same time with the same weapons, over and over and over? Somebody was INVITING an attack by a larger, heavier-equipped enemy unit. Somewhere in the COC is an Obama snake. IMHO.
I read that the US forces were not within their usual timeframe for their movements because they were delayed by an “incident” in the village. There is suspicion that they were delayed intentionally so that they could then be sitting ducks for a coordinated attack as they left, and at the same time, the usual support wouldn’t be automatically available.
I don’t know anything about what the normal procedure might be, but to me, just as an ignorant observer, it seems as if there may have been some inside help with the attack. Or poor information and seriously leaky security.