[Old Sarge]

JAG officers are the American zampoliti, the political officers who can overrule commanders in the field if the call doesn't comply with doctrine.

The moment I saw the JAG override the Predator drivers who had Mullah Omar in the reticle, I knew we were not serious about prosecuting the war - but they're damn sure serious about prosecuting our troops.

[xzins]

but they're damn sure serious about prosecuting our troops.

They're going to get our guys killed, they're going to destroy morale, and they're going to prevent independent thinking.

These prosecutions are going to do as much to hurt our troops as have the failure to report the successes in Iraq.

[Diogenesis]

"The moment I saw the JAG override the Predator
drivers who had Mullah Omar in the reticle, I knew we
were not serious about prosecuting the war -
but they're damn sure serious about
prosecuting our troops."

GIGABUMP

[rollo tomasi]

There is a 10% increase of Army JAGs since the Cold War. While the warriors are being downgraded the legal system in the military is being “upgraded”.

I never knew lawyers were a time tested method of winning wars. Of course this legal increase for the “protection” of our warriors. Hard to realize they say this with a straight face.

[brityank]

JAG officers are the American zampoliti, the political officers who can overrule commanders in the field if the call doesn't comply with doctrine.

The moment I saw the JAG override the Predator drivers who had Mullah Omar in the reticle, I knew we were not serious about prosecuting the war - but they're damn sure serious about prosecuting our troops.

You know, Sarge -- you just hit on one of the main things that has allowed the US Military to become the potent, justifiable, and creatively experienced force that it is. All other Forces, even Britains, never gave their Non-Comms the level of trust and authority the US did. I know from comments my father made, as he served with the Brits alongside the US troops in France, that they were amazed with the depth and breadth of activity the US troopers took on their own initiative. The Brits couldn't do that, and no one else did as far as I know -- although maybe the Aussies came close.

Our DoD is employing UN rules to run our operations, and as the Michael New case showed, they will brook no opposition. We need to find a way to pull JAG out of the field, and shut down these show trials engendered by the propagandists both there and here, or we will lose the initiative and the field, and ultimately the battles and the war.

God help us all, and bless our troops.