Well, a new crop of frontline reporters has arrived. These are the guys that are currently on the frontlines and dealing with the realities of an atrocious enemy that is actively trying to kill them as well as a risk averse command attempting to fight battles they can't feel from the big screen. Vampire 06 gets it. He's there, on the very front, living the dream, so to speak.
Somewhere on the battlefield there are Captains, Majors, First Sergeants, Platoon Sergeants and others are out there feeling the whiz of bullet, like Vampire 06. General Petraeus gets this. He's been that guy. Obama does not, but perhaps, on an off chance he'll get the message, because people like me, people like Black Five, people like This Ain't Hell, keep repeating the message to listen.
Here's part of his message:
"Predators, ROVER and other implements that we’ve paid billions for are most often used to second guess the guys on the ground and tell them that they’re not seeing what they’re seeing. If this seems convoluted it is! It boils down to this, you’re getting shot at and some dude a long way off is telling you you’re not and that by the way you better not shoot back at the enemy."
This is the groundtruth at a tactical level. On the National Level, guess who is
My message to the CinC: Listen to General Petraeus, as well as Vampire 06. End this cycle of Risk Aversion and tell our commanders to achieve Victory, to win by the oldest method known from squad to division level: audacious action!
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