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This is exactly the scenario for which spec ops are trained, what they live for. Specially rolling in for allies and friends. Politics has limits, you can see

This is exactly the scenario for which spec ops are trained, what they live for. Specially rolling in for allies and friends. Politics has limits, you can see it in this case. For cases like this, you need warriors to step in. They're trained to handle themselves in the battlefield, you just left them go into danger, they'll manage to get out with the mission accomplished. Again, they are - good, brave - warriors.

scottLobster 5y ago
No doubt, but I'd rather save their talents and lives for missions other than cleaning up after the worst single act of US strategic incompetence of the 21st century. I don't know who's responsible for what, but this wasn't 9/11. It seems like there was plenty of information lying around as to the sorry state of the Afghan military/leadership. The fact that that information failed to make it to the decision makers, or that they chose to ignore it, shows that those in charge did not implement appropriate organizational systems at best and were personally incompetent at worst