This is a 2nd try so bear with me...I didn't like my 1st try...
You brought up some interesting points in paragraphs 1 & 2, very enlightening. However, I'm not exactly sure what a METT-TC is...
Your spin on what I wrote was interesting, but not what I intended. You are right, I am not Military or Ex-Military, so I used regular words which describe what I saw. If they seem blunt, well, that's what I saw. I have never claimed knowledge of Military tactics, if I have, you'll have to point out to me where I did. At no point in either post did I tell anyone what I thought the action should have been, so your engine/transmission analogy is flawed.
I disagree with both Your and Dumptruck's assertion that because people do not understand Military Tactics that they should have no opinion or voice, here or anywhere else. I'll only address the Forum issue.
This is a
discussion Forum, not a VFW post, not a Military discussion Forum. Not all Members are Military or Ex-Military, and I believe you need to respect that. People will have opinions and you can either decide to correct them via discussion (as you started off doing ), or you can play the STFU game. Since this is a discussion Forum, I would rather have a nice discussion and learn something along the way.
Ron