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Originally Posted by SoLiDUS
What if there's a conflict between what the officers want done and what
the actual fighting soldiers observe and believe should be attempted ?
Would you really trust your life to a man who isn't by your side, asking
you to charge ahead regardless that you believe it is a bad decision ?
Clarification: do you have some leeway regarding how to achieve an objective ? How much so ?
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I see where you're going with this.
I don't know. I have never been in a real battle. I think that most of us trust our officers. We know that if we were in a real battle, they would not throw our lives away. And, actually the officers are by our side. Major Vernon was in the Warehouse. So was all of the platoon officers. I saw the 3 platoon (my platoon) 2nd lieutenant Mills in the warehouse with his signaler. He was in communication with all the other platoon officers, and with Major Vernon.
The Offiers are not stupid. A lot of thought goes into the decisions they make. They have to live with the decisions. I wouldn't think it would be very easy just to say "ah hell, who cares if an entire platoon dies".