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

Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:24 pm to
Posted by Milk
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Member since May 2010
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Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:24 pm to
i probably would place more blame on whoever in our military is in charge of not bombing our own troops for the death. Maybe if that guy didn't suck at his job a rescue mission would not be necessary.
Posted by MrCarton
Paradise Valley, MT
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 12/3/16 at 6:15 pm to
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whoever in our military is in charge of not bombing our own troops for the death


Well, technically, this would have been Jason Amerine's job as he was the team leader of the individual responsible for dropping a 2000 pound bomb on their location.

But in reality, it was just an unfortunate mistake, one like everyone here has made. That air traffic controller made a mistake anyone here could have made in normal circumstances. He made made it in extremely difficult circumstances.
Posted by WhiskeyPapa
Member since Aug 2016
9277 posts
Posted on 12/4/16 at 4:14 am to
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i probably would place more blame on whoever in our military is in charge of not bombing our own troops for the death. Maybe if that guy didn't suck at his job a rescue mission would not be necessary.


I read a thing years ago that as many as 1/4 of our guys in World War Two were killed by friendly fire.

In one incident among many many many some B-25's were mistaken for Japanese Nells.



B-25B similar to the Doolittle raiders.



Japanese G3M3 'Nell'

In the COBRA bombings, ISTR that 109 soldiers were killed by shorts including Lt. General McNair who they only identified by finding a finger with his West Point ring on it.



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