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Originally Posted by indianguy4u
No. If my knowledge is right US soldiers were a speck in the sea of somalis, while in iraq they are everywhere. Maybe few tens/hundred kms away, but still nearer.
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You're not getting my example. In Somalia, a second Blackhawk got downed. They couldn't navigate to the crash site. Therefore, two snipers had to be inserted in a last ditch effort to buy time so someone could get to the crash site. Failed communications, failed navigation, and failed contingency plans led to this. Shughart and Gordon gave their lives to buy more time for a chance at getting a team to the site to properly secure it.
In my Iraq example, a Kiowa got downed. They could navigate to the crash site, they could communicate properly, they could secure the crash site. The introduction of communications systems such as Blue Force Tracker, Force XXI Battlefield Command Brigade and Below, satellite communications on the move, etc. allowed a smaller overall contingent of forces in Tall Afar to maneuver more quickly into a position to where a last ditch, Medal of Honor type stand wasn't required.
In both cases, you had tribal militias fighting the US military, armed with AK-47s, RPKs, and RPGs. The enemy really hadn't changed, but the US military had.