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2014-01-16 Afghanistan

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-01-16 00:01|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 The Obama regime will do nothing. What he needs is a Ross Perot

Before I left for Iran, I visited with my mother who was dying of cancer. I explained the situation to her, and that two of my men had been falsely arrested and jailed. She looked me squarely in the eye and said, Ross, these are your men. You sent them over there and its your obligation to get them out. What does that say about her?
Days later I was with Simons and the team in our safe house, and he looked me in the eye one day and said, Perot see if the U.S. Embassy will allow these men to receive refuge at the embassy when we get them out of prison. That was the biggest mistake we made, because when I talked to the American ambassador he said No, and two hours later, the Iranian security forces were tearing up the town looking for me. Simons then said, Perot, I want you to go to the prison where the men are held. Visit with them, and tell them what our plan of action is, so that they know where the rendezvous point is, what theyre supposed to do, etc.
I replied, Colonel, the Iranians are still looking for me.
He replied, One branch of the Iranian government is looking for you, but another branch of the government runs the prison. They dont talk to one another they wont know anything about you at the prison. ...(continued at the link)

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-01-16 00:35|| 2014-01-16 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 The intelligence gap that led to the tactical failure of the Son Tay raid resulted from the lack of ISR (Intel, Surveillance, Recce). Much like today, human intelligence would have been very difficult if not impossible. The movement of the US prisoner would have very likely not gone undetected with today's ISR platforms and other special intelligence capabilities.

The bravery of the Son Tay raiders cannot be overstated. It had the high potential of becoming a 'one-way mission'. As a result of the raid, a goodly number of enemy were killed that night. The Son Tay raid and the ill fated 'Desert One' raid led to the creation of special mission capabilities and units like JSOC and others. Successful vertical insertions like the 'Battle of Cassinga' and 'Operation Entebbe' were modeled [in part], after lessons learned from the Son Tay raid.

Thanks OE, and thanks to MATT at FJ for posting. Memories of the Raiders and of heroes like Perot, good stuff. Slick sleeved, wanna-be privates [now old men] stood in awe at the time, and still do.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-16 01:46|| 2014-01-16 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 One of Tom Clancy's characters inquired of another, "Was Son Tay blown?"
Considering what Eric Haney--Delta Force--said about a couple of preps for looking for POW in Laos, the chances are...yes.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2014-01-16 23:34|| 2014-01-16 23:34|| Front Page Top

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