These two “squirters” had disengaged and were running from the Rangers. Rangers had already engaged combatants on the ground before the Chinook arrived and killed only two of them. Bad guys carrying guns wasn’t enough evidence - the hostiles needed to take a shot at our guys before our guys could defend themselves.Įxtortion 17’s filmmakers offer that ROEs were a main cause of the disaster. Black Hawk Down shows that soldiers were stopped from firing at first during the Mogadishu battle. Before pilots were allowed to engage SAM sites, a SAM must be first fired. This resulted in making radar-guided missiles useless because those missiles were designed to fire before visually seeing “intent.” A tool designed to kill the enemy before the enemy could kill our warfighters was rendered illegal pursuant to Robert McNamara’s ROEs. Why? Because a pilot needed to see “hostile intent” first. ROEs in Vietnam prohibited combat pilots from firing upon MiGs, unless they could see their enemy. Officers on-duty and ROEs on the evening of August 6th 2011 almost certainly led to the greatest loss of lives in Afghanistan. ROEs are not rules of war, and the film makes that clear – they are self-imposed “rules” that have, without doubt, resulted in American casualties.
ROEs have been a major problem for our warfighters ever since Vietnam.
The Pentagon presented a jigsaw that, when the reviewer tries to assemble it, won’t produce a matching mosaic.īeyond the obvious culprits that night (bad guys with guns and RPGs), the film points a rightful finger at America’s absurd Rules of Engagement (ROE). All told, the documentary offers a troubling - if not uncommon - picture of deception, obfuscation, and lack of accountability by the Pentagon. It leaves the viewer with many more questions than answers. Interviews with experts, Rangers at ground, the C-130’s fire control officer, as well as soldiers disputing the DOD narrative, are included. This film combines a compelling collection of reenactments with heartbreaking, sometimes emotional interviews with the families of fallen soldiers.
Extortion 17 resulted in the single worst loss of life in the Afghanistan War and the worst loss of life in special operations’ history. Among those killed were 17 SEALs, most of whom were Team Six’s gold squadron members. It killed 30 Americans, eight Afghans, as well as a service dog. Fallen Angel – Call Sign: Extortion 17The documentary is 2021 and follows the story of how an Army Chinook CH-47 was shot down on August 6, 2011.
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