nbcrusader said:I wonder what the troops who need the fuel feel about this....
verte76 said:Ooh, this is not pretty. I wonder how this will come out in the wash?
Boston01 said:This happens in every conflict. Inevitably, soldiers fail to perform their duty. It is no different now than it was in the Gulf in 91 or Vietnam or Korea or WWII for that matter. It's just that these days it is being used for political purposes. Not obeying orders is a serious offense. Their CO should be punished appropriately. What these guys did was endanger the lives of their buddies. Period. Cowardly to say the least. They are where they are. Second guessing the politics of it doesn't change that. As a former military officer, it frankly makes me sick.
Boston01 said:Apparently not a suicide mission if it was accomplished subsequently. Using the logic of fear in the military would have been real interesting in our nations past. Would we have fought the battle of the buldge? Our soldiers had no winter clothing (many without boots), barely enough to eat and hardly any ammunition. In fact, many men had no weapons. I can cite dozens of other compaigns with similar circumstance. One of the saddest was in Somalia. We didn't have any armored vehicles and had to have the Pakistan army save our downed pilots and support troops.
Boston01 said:I'm commenting on the facts as I know them. If there is more to the story so be it. And btw thank you for the insult. Questioning officers is not only frowned upon. It is dangerous to those involved and to others. Order is very important in military operations. Those who are disorderly often get people killed. If the CO had a problem with the order, they should have followed the proper channels. If more detail shows they did, good for him. If they didn't they should be prosecuted according to the UCMJ.