"The final history, released in recent weeks, drops many of the earlier conclusions and instead focuses on failures of lower-level commanders." Jaffe
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In other words, the platoon leader, a lieutenant of infantry, is now held to have been largely responsible for what happened to him and his men. His father, a retired colonel of Army aviation, has every right to be outraged. I have studied this action to the extent possible. It seems clear that the wilfully ignorant and incompetent actions and neglects of the officers now relieved of responsibility for the action at Wanat have in fact been rewarded. Tarnish on the blade. Tarnish on the blade. pl
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