I agree with Flac - daniel said sawyer couldn't meet desmond in the past because in the future sawyer met desmond for the first time after the hatch was discovered.
But we have no idea about those military guys. It very well could be that they were killed by a redneck, bald dude, and blonde chick. That's why i had my post about those three possibly being the first "hostiles" - but that's when i thought they were dharma folks.
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