there have been reports that said it wasnt an rescue attempt but
rather, a mopping up operation as moments earlier, the bus driver
who escaped reportedly said the passengers were all dead.
Its just a tragic occurence all around.
If they wanted to shoot him they could have done so plenty of
times.
If the tourists were to overpower the hostage taker they could
have done so.
If the two negotiators were to grab him they could.
If someone up along the chain of command decided to call in the
"real" Special Forces they could.
Someone really has to be held responsible. It was a clusterfuck.
really.
Not trying to be an armchair general, but what I would have done
would be to ring the bus with snipers with orders to take down the
bugger as soon as they could get a clear shot. After all, some
hostage-taking dude with a loaded M16 is a clear and present
danger.
Actually, the snipers were deployed, and a sniper
did take out the tango.... but that was after, like, ten
hours when it turns out that the bugger had already shot
hostages....
Shucks, man.... if they had a brilliant plan for storming the
bus, I would have understood.... but watching them trying to storm
the bus was really, really cringing.
They were smashing in the windows to throw in
lightsticks. WTF?
