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Originally Posted by bradclark1
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Sanchez - He's a simple tank commander, nothing more. This is the guy speaking out in the article.
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You don't become a lieutenant general in todays army by being just a simple tank commander. Then again they made Rick Lynch a major general and I thought he sucked when he was a lieutenant colonel. And there is no 'simple' to being a tank commander. |
Yes you do. He was not, nor has ever had any training or experience to deal with what he had to deal with. His former commanders did, but thought the job was done. His boss said he made a mistake by putting him in charge and takes full blame for it.
Don't get me wrong, Sanchez is a good tank commander, and he is exceptional at tank warfare, but he is not good at urban combat and has never had any real training or experience in it. Tack on an insurgency, and you have a brewing pot of mistakes - one right after the other.
-S