Not the sharpest knife in the drawer but...

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So now they know how many MANPADs or other SHORAD assets they need to inflict enough pain that the American public will call for a pullback. Relying on the same assets from the same bases with similar routes and TOT's is a recipe for disaster.

Mogadishu and kids with cell phones throughout the area as an early warning network has apparently been a lesson unlearned.

Or maybe I am being overly alarmist...

US calls in Apaches, AC-130s, and artillery to take on militants after Syria rocket attacks

The U.S. military has used some serious firepower in a fight against Iranian-backed militants in Syria.

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The Lost Lessons of "Black Hawk Down" - War on the Rocks

Today marks the 20th anniversary of The Battle of Mogadishu, the American operation in Somalia later immortalized by Mark Bowden’s seminal non-fiction

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