Neptune
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Of course you have valid and correct points in your post. But you are ignoring small pieces of information that bring the decisions of the military leaders into question. The governer did not order the soldiers to patrol the same route as a previous IED attack, that was an order given by military leadership. That is the key element you are missing, when there are military losses attributed to poor planning it cannot be blamed on politicians who are only present to make actions legal. The military leaders are the ones who decide and plan on how to act out the requests of politicians.
It is the military leaders job to perform adequately regardless of the political or legal status.
If a governer is hesitant them the military leadership should be adapting and improvising operational procedure to ensure all units maintain a healthy status as well as maximum operational readiness.
You need to understand that blaming a political factor is simply an excuse for incredibly faulty leadership. The military officers who ordered a patrol to use the same route, vehicles, and timing at a location that proved advantageous to terrorists conducting ambushes are either incredibly stubborn and refuse to adapt to the tactics of their enemy or they are simply underqualified and should not be in the extremely important position they occupy.
It may seem that I am being harsh but I have experienced these issues and I have also experienced the positives when a leader who changes this poisoned culture takes command.
You can blame politics all you want, but politicians do not make operational and tactical decisions which get soldiers killed. they only make legal documents and sign them.
Let me put the quality of our military leadership into a question for you.
Would you like a leader who encounters a problem and tells you it doesn't exist or that it is the governors fault and orders you to continue the same.
Or would you rather him to be critical, admit the mistake or weakness, fix it and adapt new tactics that allow you to not only be safer but also kill more scumbag terrorists.
Which sounds better to you ? Because currently our leaders are all of the first type.
Look at our counter terror history, any time a leader came in who completely changed our tactics and promoted a culture of adaptive tactics and aggressive counters we absolutely decimated the terrorists.
There is no point in comparing US and it's campaigns to our situation. completely different conflicts with completely different factors.
Since when military leadership gives orders to provincial gendarmerie forces?