Tying them to trees would have been murder. They talked about tgat.
Geeze do people really think these guys were stupid?
They are not out there to stay alive. They’re there to do a job. The possibility of death is part of it. They act wisely and within the rules of humane treatment and rules of engagement. They do not panic and kill people, unarmed kids, by shooting them nor by tying them to a tree to be eaten by animals in torture in order to stay alive
Our people should provide them with the best radio equipment
I admittedly have no idea what any of this is like, but wonder if the reconnaissance was a problem. I’m sure things often don’t go according to plans, but it seems as though there were some errors by the central command people in estimating the size of the opposition, and maybe even in realizing that the mountains would make communication difficult, or that they could be spotted by civilians.
leaving them tied up would not have been murder , they would have been found , the noisy goat herd would have ensured that. Does AFG have wolves ? They sure don’t have rattlesnakes , as the movie showed .
I have to read the book to see how that conversation actually went according to Marcus , not the movie producers . Marcus himself has written that , in retrospect , he kind of blew it : “ Of the realization that the goat herders had betrayed the SEALs’ position: “It was the stupidest, most southern-fried, lamebrained decision I ever made in my life. I must have been out of my mind. I had actually cast a vote which I knew could sign our death warrant. I’d turned into a fucking liberal, a half-assed, no-logic nitwit, all heart, no brain, and the judgment of a jackrabbit.” I agree with that assessment . We are too kind , too merciful , to those that couldn’t give a rip about either .