"13 hours" - a must to watch

[CINDERS]

Thing I got from it was the Spooks span of control diminished to the point where his grasp of the actual ground situation was flawed as were his tactics the relieving of command should have happened well before it got to the point of the mechanics having to fight a one sided battle to try and save the ambassador. Let the spooks gather intel which is what they do well but in the pointy end its better to have the guys who have trained for years and been in battle that is what they do best adapt and over come the enemy. A gunship had it been available would have given invaluable assistance to the ground troops and as it was the poor chaps were fighting against impossible odds.
All the same a grand movie showing inspirational courage from those involved. 10/10

As a postscript ~ remembering Mogadishu the US went to the Indian army for assistance to save the USA troops why could not the US call on NATO allies to help. Once the shooting starts all the covers are blown and secrecy is out the window there must have been closer allies that could have helped. Surely Germany has a rapid deployment force.
I mean when Thatcher wanted those missiles from the NATO stocks they were handed over yes mam take 2 for 3 all you can carry. Those troops in that compound must have felt from what I can gather very much alone, isolated and in a sense staring down the barrel of a very nasty death if captured........