Salute!
Well, Bonnie, good question.
And to all.....I realize my up close personal eperience is very old, and some is no longer applicable today due to technology, but NOT for many ancient axioms and fundamental aspects of warfare, which I have endured more than many contributors here, without doubt..
The administrations' and soldiers' comments BOTH share viewpoints seen over and again , and neither are lies, as I see no intent to deceive. Maybe innacurate.
These days, I see far too many comments and opinions by folks asserting someone is lying. But the majority of times the statements of interest are due to IGNORANCE or poor homework or bad poop from a staffer , and are simply innacurate. So what do do? Call out the individual and say ignorant, stupid, "don't know what you are talking about"?
The incident resembles what the U.S. saw early in 'nam. We took many hits at our bases and in the air on our initial bomb runs due to ignorance and failure to give credit to our adversary. From my bunch, it was the skill and tactics of the VPAF and later, the AAA gunners who had practice on a daily basis, heh heh. Being one of their targets was not fun!
So I agree with both the administration AND the troops in their shelters.
Gums sends...