Posted on 12/06/2016 3:58:04 PM PST by RoosterRedux
or ordering other people to do things that you KNOW will kill many of them...
I don’t doubt that at all.
It is a terrible calculus to consider. And there are no guarantees.
Plus, if a thousand men are lost in a campaign, that is a thousand men. Rarely does a commander get credit for saving lives by being aggressive, because the other lives are not lost.
Yes. It is difficult for me to comprehend how someone can do it, but that is sometimes what their job is.
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4078580/posts
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About Col. Joe Dowdy
That time Mattis fired a commander in the middle of combat
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/that-time-mattis-fired-a-commander-in-the-middle-of-combat/
I was wrong about him.
You are OK. Mattis was, who disappointed us.
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