An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Guilty!
U.S. ignored warnings before deadly Afghan attack
Three intelligence reports dismissed days before eight U.S. soldiers killed
Three intelligence reports warned that Taliban insurgents were planning an attack just days before this month’s raid on two remote military outposts in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight U.S. soldiers, but the reports were dismissed as insignificant, U.S. officials told The Washington Times.
As a result, military officials did not send additional troops or make preparations to protect the 140 U.S. and Afghan troops at the combat outposts near Kamdesh in Nuristan province by the Pakistan border, the officials said.
They knew! They knew an attack was coming. They knew and they did nothing. They had the intel, and ignored it. As far as I’m concerned, those who ignored the threat are as guilty as those who pulled the trigger. Eight American soldiers are dead because someone had their head shoved up their ass.
“Reports like this happen all the time in all of our areas,” Maj. Taylor said in an e-mail. “It is only through corroboration of reports and/or multiple instances of reporting that we can develop patterns.”
Three weren’t enough? Should they wait for corroboration while the bombs are dropping on their heads? I’m not in the military. I understand there are things we can’t know, but if someone came to me 3 times and told me someone was going to break into my house, I damn sure would take some major precautions.
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