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It will fail."Ī fan of the SOFREP website, Nye doesn't fault the operators for their decision.

"This video, especially the footage of dead Americans, is designed to show ISIS power in the region and gain local support and weaken American resolve. Still, he has some concerns about spreading ISIS propaganda. Most Americans, Nye said, did not know the U.S. I think it strengthens bonds between the military and the public when the mission and the sacrifices are understood by all." "Generally, I favor transparency as much as possible while protecting sensitive information and people. "As an American, a former soldier and the father and father-in-law of three service members, I find this video to be disturbing and gut wrenching," said Nye, who lives in Virginia but still works with the Tampa-based Global SOF Foundation. RELATED CONTENT: Investigation finds deadly Niger mission lacked proper approval "The video is very hard to watch but serves to educate anyone who does not fully grasp the reality of war, violence and combat." "The attack happened extremely fast, as most ambushes do, and created a chaotic scenario for the men caught in it. "The footage illustrates some hard facts and dispels many myths about the ambush that had not previously been brought to light," SOFREP wrote in its video text.

La David Johnson of Miami Gardens and Staff Sgt. It ends as one of the soldiers is shot repeatedly at close range. The video shows the chaos of the ambush as well as the deaths of two of the four soldiers. 4, 2017, ambush of a 3rd Special Forces Group patrol in Niger, a landlocked nation in Western Africa. It includes helmet-camera video taken during the Oct. The 5?½ minute video is taken from a longer version distributed by the Sunni jihadi group. "There is no excuse for this," Mann said. But Scott Mann, a retired Green Beret lieutenant colonel living in Riverview, objected to SOFREP's posting of the video Sunday.