 merrie says: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. The story is about four U.S. Navy SEALs whose June 2005 mission in northern Afghanistan was to capture or kill a al Qaeda leader known to be in a Taliban stronghold. In less than 24 hours, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive, Marcus Luttrell. This book is Luttrell's first-person account of that tragic day, the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history. All thanks to asinine rules of engagement our military personnel are forced to fight under. I couldn't possibly explain this intolerable situation better or with more moral authority than Leading Petty Officer Marcus Luttrell himself For me, it began in Iraq, the first murmurings from the liberal part of the U.S.A. that we were somehow in the wrong; brutal killers, bullying other countries; that we who put our lives on the line for our nation at the behest of our government should somehow be charged with murder for shooting our enemy I have to say this sounds interesting and disheartening. A fighting man does not need to listen to the whiners behind his lines. Americas major problem is that it does it half assed. Break all the the international laws and invade, but then shackle the guys who have to fight. The war in Afghanistan is supported by all realists in the fight against terror. As for Iraq that is just a mess from start to finish. When you have incompetent and downright stupid leadership, who refuse to listen to their military, this is what happens.They should have never invaded Iraq. But the British and Russia lost armies in Afghanistan,so what makes the US any different. You cannot tell me that the American ... |
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