Did you read what I wrote? It was a patrol base, an OP, a temporary location, it wasn't abandoned, they left when they were supposed to.
Still sounds like reverse spin to me. The Herd (173rd Airborne) did an excellent job that day, as they have throughout the duration of their deployment. Larry Lyons wrote: > I did say mostly successful. > > And yes you did mention most of what happened, but you also neglected to > mention a very critical point, the base was abandoned the day after the > attack. > > Given that the Taliban's objective was to deny the base to government and US > forces, it would seem that they succeeded. > > Or is this another case of spin - sort of like the operation was successful > but the patient died? > >> Now let me understand this. >> >> 1 squad of Americans, 1 platoon of Afghanis in a temporary patrol base, >> they get attacked by 200+ talibs suffering 9 dead and 15 wounded, hold >> the OP, win the day, and we want to turn it in to a defeat. >> >> Yeah, ok. >> >> RIP Sky Soldiers, Airborne All The Way!!! >> >> Larry Lyons wrote: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264276 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
