Talk:Iroh (United Forces general)/@comment-204.140.144.237-20130512060621/@comment-174.62.158.220-20130518060338

His tactics were terrible, you don't bring a knife to a gun fight. The planes were unknown, there is no getting around that. His tactics were greatly lacking. His plan was to sail in several large, slow moving ships into a territory that has enemies with significant firepower and air support (airships). If he had been smart, he would have had sent in airships or had unloaded most of the forces outside of Republic City and mount an invasion that way. The way he did it was basically like leading cattle to the slaughter. He made it easy for the Equalists to defeat them. Also why didn't he send in scouts to survey the area beforehand? The ships were stopped by mines. Those have been around for decades.