Sorry you find them sad but they are true. I guarantee that brave soul would not have used the laser on a "hope" that help was coming.

You don't do that . You only paint a target if you are sure someone or something is inbound, otherwise it will cost you dearly. In this case it cost him his life.

The attack took hours to unfold. There are assets that could have been there within 1 1/2 hour tops.

It makes me furious that these folks begged for help and none arrived.

Thanks for the reasoned discussion. You have given me some things to research and some to think about.

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