Retired Green Beret officer: Mattis "left my men to die."

Not gonna try to defend Mattis because I don't know the facts. But I'm eager to hear Mattis defend himself.

I'm gonna file this one under fog of war.

Just gonna have to let it play out but, if true and more people directly involved come forward and substantiate the story ... then it could be a deal breaker.

Another thing to understand is that, especially in combat, there is a lot of inter-service rivalry at times and, if this really happened, this will never be forgotten or forgiven by DOD guys like those in Group, Rangers, et al.

We didn't appreciate Marines too much at Bragg - they do things differently and we really thought they were overrated and their commanders were, for the most part, raving fricking asshats. Lots of stories to tell about that but regardless ... if he really pussied-out when it came time to evac some Group guys - others will come forward and it will probably be a deal breaker.

Who gives a frick. NO matter who Trump appoints there will be frickchuckles like this guy speaking out against them

This is comedic.
Truly.
Rah.

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New America Think Tank

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In 2013, Anne-Marie Slaughter became President of New America, replacing Steve Coll.[7] Google's Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, is the chairman of the foundation's board of directors.

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Some links:
New Hillary Clinton Emails: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Sidney Blumenthal Urged Libya Military Action


‘Bravo!’ Email Appears To Show Clinton’s Friend Congratulating Her on Bombing of Libya

Clinton's Silicon Valley secrets: Google boss Eric Schmidt drew up campaign plan

Hacked emails show Eric Schmidt played a crucial role in Team Hillary’s election tech

Google’s Eric Schmidt Wore ‘Staff’ Badge at Hillary Clinton Election Night Party

Amerine's reputation was largely built through the book The Only Thing Worth Dying For by Eric Blehm that talks about the mission to put Karzai in charge of Afghanistan. He also faced court-martial for speaking to a member of congress about the condition of a hostage negotiation in 2013, around the time Berghdahl trade happened.

Amerine has every right to his own opinion about the friendly fire incident in Afghanistan, but I can tell you that speculating as to whether Mattis' choppers are going to get the evac in time is pointless. Yeah, maybe Cody Prosser lives, maybe he doesn't. Amerine has no fricking way of knowing that. Nor does he have any way of knowing why Mattis' didn't send the MEDEVAC, nor was it Amerine's decision to make. I really hate the selfish way that Amerine is handling this issue. I think it's completely inappropriate and the opposite of being a professional. If Amerine had any respect for the commission he once held he would shut the frick up or come strong with some evidence in a forum more significant than a fricking facebook page. This whole thing screams "LOOK AT ME MY MEN DIED". Disgusting.

This is the Story of Jason Amerine's time on ODA 574, as told by Amerine: If you click through these, you can read every surviving member of that ODA's mission to escort Karzai to the throne

Interestingly, he was the ODA commander when a B-52 bomb dropped a 2000 pounder on the wrong coordinate and killed 3 members of his ODA. One could use the same logic that Amerine is using and blame Amerine for the death of his three teammates, but of course that would be completely unfair and baseless. One thing is for DAMN sure though, like it or not, Amerine is responsible for what his team did and did not do, and that includes casualties.

IN THIS VERY INTERVIEW Amerine claims that two died instantly, and that "nothing could be done for Prosser".

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On the morning of December 5 ... the headquarters was directing air strikes against the ridgeline across from us. One of the guys messed up and brought in the bomb on us. So when the bomb hit them, the last count that I got, the latest number was I lost about 27 of my guerrillas. JD and Dan died instantly really. Cody Prosser, was a friend of mine that came in with the headquarters, was mortally wounded. He lived for a while, but there wasn't anything that could be done with him really.

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Well, Jason, which is it? Nothing could be done or Mattis' MEDEVAC could have saved his life?

The way Amerine talks about this mission makes my fricking skin crawl. "My men, My guerillas, My, Mine, Me, Myself, blah blah blah.

For those who aren't aware, ODA Team Leaders are Captains in the Army, and they serve a max of about 2 years at the tactical level before going on to fulfill many years of staff jobs and hopefully getting a Battalion Command one day. Most Captains don't run around Talking like they own shite, because in truth they don't. The popular nick-name for Captains used to be "summer help", if that gives any indication of how expendable they are to an ODA's operations.

This retarded statement by Amerine probably won't amount to anything. Maybe MAttis' screwed up, maybe he didn't. We have multiple decades of performance reviews and testimonies about Mattis' professionalism and integrity. So assuming that there was such a death on Mattis' record, it certainly wouldn't make him unsuitable for SECDEF.

You have the best melts Jimmie.

The squirmy left.