Deploying as a US military force? You wear uniforms.
Deploying into a hot zone? You carry personal arms.
Our diplomatic compound is under attack and the local forces that are supposed to provide protection aren’t doing the job? You cut the red tape and deploy forces who can provide the necessary protection.
And whatever you do, DON’T LIE about it afterwards.
All this dithering over the impression that would be made has cast an impression very much to our detriment, of a regime that is duplicitous, indecisive, and weak. Fecklessly trying to not be provocative they have cast themselves in a position that predators find very provocative.
And this whole mess started with identifying hostile forces as friendlies.
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Under what rational should any signer of the Geneva Convention send armed military troops into an active firefight in civilian attire?
One where they don’t care how our troops are treated.
Just heard about the spontaneous protest in the diplomatic area of Bangladesh. Anyone know what video upset these otherwise peaceful people?
I heard it had something to do with “Allahu Akbar!”
Deploying as a US military force? You wear uniforms.
Deploying into a hot zone? You carry personal arms.
Our diplomatic compound is under attack and the local forces that are supposed to provide protection aren’t doing the job? You cut the red tape and deploy forces who can provide the necessary protection.
And whatever you do, DON’T LIE about it afterwards.
All this dithering over the impression that would be made has cast an impression very much to our detriment, of a regime that is duplicitous, indecisive, and weak. Fecklessly trying to not be provocative they have cast themselves in a position that predators find very provocative.
And this whole mess started with identifying hostile forces as friendlies.
+1
Under what rational should any signer of the Geneva Convention send armed military troops into an active firefight in civilian attire?
One where they don’t care how our troops are treated.
Just heard about the spontaneous protest in the diplomatic area of Bangladesh. Anyone know what video upset these otherwise peaceful people?
I heard it had something to do with “Allahu Akbar!”