We are asking for reinforcements and haven't got the help".
He said the forces had intercepted them making a call to Waziristan in Pakistan's tribal areas, asking for reinforcements from the Taliban.
Polk decided there were more Yankees than Bragg realized but waited until nearly midnight before getting a message to him asking for reinforcements.
So then they placed trestles at the end of the road and waited there, headlights on and guns levelled, so that no one could pass, while one of them yelled into a field telephone, perhaps asking for reinforcements.
The U.S. troop increases now underway in both Iraq and Afghanistan reflect a deliberate effort to "create an environment in which the commanders feel open to requesting what they think they need," Gates said, suggesting that in the past U.S. commanders have not felt comfortable asking for reinforcements.
At about 4 AM Smith made the wise but belated decision to send a messenger back to Boston asking for reinforcements.
That morning, communications with 1st Airborne Division were established and Frost, on asking for reinforcements and supplies, was informed that the division was surrounded at Oosterbeek and the brigade was on their own.
Ferguson, rather than pushing on until he reached Charlotte and safety (just a day's march away), camped at Kings Mountain and sent Cornwallis another letter asking for reinforcements.
He declared a 48-hour state of emergency, later extended by ten days, and asked for reinforcement of the 800-strong Australian-led peacekeeping force and the 1,600 United Nations police.
These are small steps, but they tie in with another, central observation of Kahneman's: that, faced by an attention-sapping situation and the escalating possibility of poor judgement, the best thing you can do is "recognize that you are in a cognitive minefield, slow down, and ask for reinforcement".
