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I have not watched the movie and don't plan to. But, for those decrying the SF people. Do you have any idea how many Afghani troops there are in relation to Americans?
There are any number of necessary details being blatantly ignored by many in this thread.
Beyond the half assed linkage all the way up the chain of command to Bush, how about answers to these questions:
What should the Special Forces members do at the point that was happening?
Did they have any command ability over the Afghani troops?
If not, should they have gone so far as to draw weapons on them?
How badly were they outnumbered?
Would their deaths in addition to the Taliban prisoners have made the situation better?
What was the response to the Afghani leaders afterwards? Were procedures, policies, command structures changed? Was political pressure put on the Afghans to change these practices?
Who was in charge on the Afghan side?
What is the relationship between him and the other warlords in the area?
What was the relationship between the captured Taliban and the Afghan troops who did the killing? Was there a long history of similar acts between them?
Etc, etc, etc.
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