User blog comment:JackfieldsA113/Can Loyal Squad Members Die?/@comment-74.134.207.136-20130622211555/@comment-4807396-20130623084005

It's not stupid at all, if you look at the evidence. If you listen to Zaeed's stories, you'll notice a theme comes up in quite a few of them: him and a group of guys are hired to do a job, and everyone but Zaeed ends up dead in the process. His Shadow Broker dossier notes a lack of interpersonal skills as a contributing factor for his losing control of the Blue Suns.

Zaeed is a excellent soldier, but that doesn't automatically make him a good leader, which is what your fireteam leader needs to be to get everyone through alive.