jtward01 said:Yeah, I had to question some of the tactics used, too, if they were portrayed accurately. Let's see, you have insurgents on floors above and below you. You advance down the steps to where the insurgents are waiting in the dark, their eyes already adjusted to the lower light. You take fire and your people are wounded. You're surprised! NOW you decide to drop a few frag grenades down the steps. Why in hell didn't you lead with the frags before sending people down?
SOF guy goes upstairs and tosses in a flash-bang. A FLASH-BANG? Why not a frag grenade and take care of business?
Two guys go through a door onto a roof. BG starts shooting. Second Marine through the door is hit. First Marine runs back down steps leaving his buddy on the roof. Why wasn't he shooting at BG while BG was shooting his buddy? Why wasn't he courts martialed for turning tail?
One of the most interested parts to me was the story about the BG sniper who held his fire while the Marines recovered their dead. This BG may have allied himself with the insurgents now, but his actions are those of a professional soldier, not a terrorist.
I can think of two reasons. I've never been in combat, so take this with a grain of salt. You don't know if the people are non-combatants. Remember our ROE is to keep colateral damage down. The MSM would take a dinm view a child being fraged.