So, we made a decision to send Marines into any area where they might be ambushed, and there was a rule in place that they could not be supported if attacked? Did this Marines know about this? I think not, since they knew to call for help.
Now, are we going to do the same thing again today? Or are we just giving up on seraching for the enemy?
If we are giving up our search, what is the expected outcome?
It sounds to me like we are willing to sacrifice Marines for the political positioning of the alleged Commander in Chief (de facto).
The point is to make the public clamber for a withdrawal from the territory to avoid wasting our troops. Then Obama will have political cover to withdraw the troops, claiming that is what the people want.
I truly hate the power structure that sacrifices the lives and fortunes of the people to stay in power. God help us all as we become weaker and weaker, and as the light of our example of freedom diminishes.
Incidents like this are major reasons why the most effective fighting forces in U.S. history were those that had a serious distrust -- and in some cases complete disdain -- for the notion of a Federal military command structure. The Green Mountain Boys, Daniel Morgan's Virginia Riflemen, and the Texas Rangers were all perfect cases in point.
I'll also point out that I was heavily courted by one of the U.S. military academies when I was in high school back in the early 1980s. The 1983 Beirut debacle effectively ended any interest I may have had in a military career.