CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A field grade officer in the Marine Corps who needlessly sent 44 men to their deaths is apparently "dumbfounded" at how the Seattle Seahawks "screwed up so badly" during the Super Bowl.
Col. Shaun Julian, former commanding officer of the 8th Marine Regiment, described Sunday night's game as "the biggest fuck-up" he'd ever seen, completely oblivious to his own disastrous decisions in a combat zone which resulted in many of his men suffering violent and unnecessary deaths.
Julian was responsible for both conceiving and planning Operation THROAT PUNCH, a massive U.S. effort to secure the Taliban stronghold of Taluqabad in Helmand Province. Although of questionable strategic value, Taluqabad became the scene of a bitter year-long struggle which resulted in heavy U.S. casualties and was ultimately abandoned.
