another post for Bill

[winterbadger]

a firefight in Afghanistan

Is it just me, or does this read like a company-sized force walked into a valley in Afghanistan without securing the high ground around it, came under fire in what was effectively a kill sack, and then sat there for half an hour before withdrawing?

And people wonder why we take casualties...

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[winterbadger]

Indeed. IIRC, it said something like "a plan devised by the Afghan forces and refined by the US".

Which just makes me think of Sir Humphrey in Yes, Minister, saying "If you're going to do this damn silly thing, don't do it in this damn silly way."