Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
So what's special? Didn't the same fail to meet the hopes thousands of times in VN?
Given the remarkably high contact and kill rates claimed by the RLI, the question then becomes:

1) Were they doing something others weren't, or ISAF isn't; or

2) Were the conditions (poor opponent, terrain, ROE, etc) that led to the RLI's apparent operational success something that can't be replicated in Afghanistan; or

3) Are the contact and kill rates claimed for the RLI accurate.

As far as I can see, those are the three logical possibilities--and working out which apply is the purpose of the thread.