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Yuri Bezmenov's avatar

The Pat Tillman saga is a case study of how our military has fallen. They covered up his friendly fire death, lied to his family, and used him as propaganda. Why would anyone fight for a military that does that to its heroes while paying DIE commissars more than front line troops? https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/pat-tillman-coverup

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Chris's avatar

I'm not going to disagree with the premise, BUT the US very effectively fought the GWOT after learning a few lessons. I was in 2/75 in the early 90's and the only vehicles we routinely used were "RSOV's" (ranger strategic operations vehicle) and those were primarily just for blocking positions during an airfield seizure (at the time, one of the three core missions in addition to raids and ambushes). I never understood how the 75th went from the light infantry core skill of pace count and dismounted patrol, to thinking they could do what was really a mech infantry role of patrolling in vehicles. In my mind, it was untested tactics and a battle space that we (they) had not been adequately prepared for. That's just my opinion based on my experience and what I've read about the specifics.

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