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Contrary to LM's rather strident assertion, there's nothing ghoulish about pointing this out as a possible problem with how the Administration approached the run-up to the war. You've had far less public activity in assembling a "Coalition of the Whatever" compared to our last two major military operations in the theater. It's not out of line to note that this is a major failure in the conduct of the initial operation.LM was spot on. There are folks practically GLEEFUL about the shootdowns. And eager to either jump to conclusions not supported by data.
You guys are speculating and your comment above also lands in the Bad category.
For one thing, you're conflating the *political* alignment with the *military* one. Do you honestly believe that US and Kuwaiti forces have never worked together before? Do you think we've never cross-trained with them? Are you aware that the Iranians have been shooting missiles at Kuwait for ~60 hours now? How much rest are their Patriot crews getting?
Etc. Etc.
Immediately chalking up an incident in one of the most complex air assaults ever attempted as "poor planning" is flat out ignorance. The level of coordination involved here is off the charts insane. You guys really need to read up a lot more on what all goes into this stuff.
BTW For those interested here's video of one of the fliers being picked up by some Kuwaitis. She was okay:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/952015630805261
