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2015-10-25 Iraq

Pentagon expects more raids similar to Iraq rescue

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-10-25 00:16|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 Ok fine, just don't forget the ambush over the Wardak Province on Aug. 6, 2011 that led to the crash of a CH-47 Chinook and loss of 30 American lives.

They're not stupid, they'll be waiting on you.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-25 04:32|| 2015-10-25 04:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Whatever yields good PR, eh?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-25 05:49|| 2015-10-25 05:49|| Front Page Top

#3 ..yep, that's the kind of warfare these guys fight, PR.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-10-25 09:03|| 2015-10-25 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 All well and good, but we'll need more than 3500 of our people in Iraq if we're going to do this.

Had we kept 12K or so there back in 2009 instead of pulling out, we wouldn't be putting up with this today, and duty in Iraq would be like duty in South Korea in the 1960s.

Posted by Steve White 2015-10-25 10:02|| 2015-10-25 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Ditto Dr. White. A healthy 'Quick Reaction Force' (QRF) numbering 2-3 times the size of of the raiding force must be available. The QRF must be in-country and ready to board helos immediately, or already airborne. Medical EVAC and Tactical Air Support must also be on station or stand-by.

These are complex, high risk operations that must be well thought out and enjoy the highest degree of operational security. Expect Friendly Killed in Action (FKIA) and MIA. It's simply the cost of doing this type of business.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-25 10:10|| 2015-10-25 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 And it would also seem to me that you'd need an officer who can launch the QRF without having to ask Champ. Since Champ's OODA loop can be measured in geologic time.

Posted by Matt 2015-10-25 11:52|| 2015-10-25 11:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Whatever yields good PR, eh?

When the New York Times, the Washington Post and Foreign Policy are all shuffling to the far end of the political room near the door, you send the SecDef over with a tray of free drinks and canapes.

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-25 13:41|| 2015-10-25 13:41|| Front Page Top

#8 It is funny they announce this now while the Prez vetos military cash.
It is never fun on a 90 day acquisition process to have to wait for funds. Supporting this logistically is - how do you say - negligible

Posted by newc 2015-10-25 19:51|| 2015-10-25 19:51|| Front Page Top

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