I have flown on Chinooks in the States and Vietnam....they are not build for speed and going into a hot LZ....Sorry guys, but you don't go in with a Cchinook to save another Chinook taken out by ground fire...
this "officer" is correct...we rushed in too quick....
hopefully, this is a good lesson for the future...Iraq will be different: terrain is different and we will be hitting large masses of dumb soldiers by and large...
The guy may or may not be correct but his "leaking" to the press during an ongoing battle is pretty unprofessional. Anyone with that little sense isn't worth listening to.