{"id":37776,"date":"2013-09-30T18:39:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T22:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37776"},"modified":"2013-09-30T18:40:05","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T22:40:05","slug":"2-generals-fired-by-amos-for-camp-bastion-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37776","title":{"rendered":"2 Generals fired by Amos for Camp Bastion attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> reports that Marine Commandant General Amos has fired two generals for security failures that led to the attack last year on the UK’s Camp Bastion which is adjacent to US Camp Leatherneck. The attack by Taliban forces cost two Americans’ lives and most of a squadron of AV-8 Harriers there.<\/p>\n

The commandant, Gen. James F. Amos, said the two generals did not deploy enough troops to guard the base and take other measures to prepare for a ground attack by the Taliban. The two, Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the top Marine commander in southern Afghanistan at the time, and Maj. Gen. Gregg A. Sturdevant, the senior Marine aviation officer in the area, \u201cfailed to exercise the level of judgment expected of commanders of their rank,\u201d Amos said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The problem with that assessment is that the attack occurred where the Brits employed Tongans for tower security and the Tongans didn’t man the position where the Taliban attacked. Also, from the reactionary far-right Washington Post;<\/p>\n

Troop reductions also affected security measures. When Gurganus took command in 2011, about 17,000 U.S. troops were in his area of operations. By the time of the attack, in September 2012, the American contingent had dropped to 7,400 because of troop-withdrawal requirements imposed by President Obama.<\/p>\n

In December 2011, 325 Marines were assigned to patrol the area around Bastion and Leatherneck. In the month before the attack, that number was cut to about 110.<\/p>\n

Gurganus did seek permission in the summer of 2012 to add 160 troops to protect Bastion and Leatherneck, but his superiors in Kabul rejected the request because the military had reached a limit on forces set by the White House.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, who is going to get fired when the troop’s security depends entirely on Afghans, you know those guys who have killed scores of US troops in direct sneak attacks, and when the troops are drawn down so far, the sneaks don’t have to pull the trigger themselves, just let their Taliban buddies through the wire. Or, as in this case, just don’t man a tower or two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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