New Army Report httpricksforeignpolicycompostswanatviiianarmyreportfindsamajorcoinfailure This report which is currently in its draft form and should be publicly released in the next month or so takes apart the Regimental command for putting the soldiers in such a vulnerable comparison I added a couple lines about it after the ones from Col Preysler but I dont know if I either went too far or not far enough Suffice to say it sounds like this guy got a lot of good men killed because he didnt do his job Even ignoring the popcentric COIN doctrine issues that platoon didnt even have enough water and were dehydrated at the time of the attack its a damned good thing the Taliban attacked when everyone was up and had their weapons by them or this could have been even worse