Claymore bang on it is only the men in the field who really know what is going on at ground level,soldiers at war are given orders according to intelligence gathered sometimes it's literally "send reinforcements we're going to advance." ends up being"send three and fourpence we're going to a dance".

I think the important thing to remember is that these people who died were people with a strong sense of duty who were well aware of the risks they were taking and we should honour them for being so dutiful in the first place.

I feel sorry also for the US soldiers who were involved they will probably be tormented by thoughts of having killed their allies and will carry it with them for the rest of their lives.