What's been established is that in FF events that are not highly automated, where there has been a human eye in the sight and a human finger on the trigger (excluding the Patriot) there have been two FF events that resulted in the deaths of British soldiers.
One by US hand, one by British hand.
So you're entire thesis on British troops dying to US FF is pretty weak.
There have been more FF incidents overall in this war by US hand, obviously.
Some of them are just the result of pure stupidity. One US officer, out of full uniform, just wearing a T-shirt and trousers rushed up to a recently abandoned Iraqi tank and climbed up on the turret. Other troops fired on him from a different location and killed him. That's an FF incident that simply can't be blamed on the guy pulling the trigger.
You like to lump them all together as "avoidable" if the shooter is professional but if you've done what you say you've done and been where you say you've been then you KNOW this stuff happens despite all the safeguards.
Everyone hates blue on blue. But to castigate an entire army as "unprofessional" over BoB is ...... unprofessional.
And I think you know it. Combat decisions are often "monday morning quarterbacked" by the "armchair observers". In reality, most true soldiers know it can happen to anyone in certain circumstances.
But I think I see you for what you are now, so go ahead.
