"We spend our whole lives training to defend this country, and then we were sent over there by this country, and you're telling me because we were over there doing what we were told by our country that it was senseless and my guys died for nothing?"
"That was how former Navy SEAL and
Lone Survivor author Marcus
Luttrell responded to CNN's Jake Tapper during an interview about the new movie based on his book, about an ill-fated mission in Afghanistan in which 19 of his fellow Navy SEALs and other special operations personnel were killed by enemy forces."
From Bookworm Room: Yes, the SEALS’ sacrifice during Operation Red Wings was a waste
"Before you start hammering away at me, let me explain what I mean about
my claim that the sacrifice the SEALS and their rescuers made during Operation Red Wings was
indeed a waste.
I am referring, of course, to Jake Tapper’s asking Marcus Luttrell
whether his comrades died in vain. That was a foolish and tactless question to ask Luttrell, and Luttrell couldn’t and wouldn’t give the real answer in any event. There is an answer, though, and Tapper was right. Here’s why:" ....
... "The above examples of wasted deaths in war are familiar to any history student. Barack
Obama has added an entirely new category to “wasted war deaths,” one that I don’t think has ever before occurred in recorded history: deaths that are a waste because the Commander-in-Chief couldn’t care less about victory or the troops, but merely wants to give the appearance of fighting for short-term domestic political advantage." ....
....
"So, yes, Operation Red Wings was a waste... and this is so because we have a president who views war solely in terms of his own self-aggrandizement and political objectives, without any regard for America’s national security or strategic interests, or for the troops who have served and are currently serving in our American military. Obama has managed to negate any good the troops did before he became President and, since he became president, they are merely objects on his own personal chessboard. Like some spoiled potentate, he moves them around for his pleasure and views their deaths with clinical dispassion."
Senior UK Defense Advisor: Obama Is Clueless About ‘What He Wants To Do In The World’
President Obama is “chronically incapable” of military strategy and falls far short of his predecessor George W. Bush, according to one of Britain’s most senior military advisors.
Sir Hew Strachan, an advisor to the Chief of the Defense Staff
... "Again, narrowing the scope of the story or of its implications; it makes Marrison’s “layers of editing” dodge less convincing. A critical reading of Kirkpatrick’s story by editors should have resulted in a more complete report. That the editing didn’t catch any of these flaws in Kirkpatrick’s report could be explained by gross incompetence, a failure of editing process or deliberate bias.
