The rules of engagement of the First Gulf War is what gave us the Second Gulf War. Meaning not taking Saddam out.
But I see what you are about... your effort was noble but anyone serving now is a fool.
No.
I have an obligation to stop fools from putting troops into wars with stupid rules of engagement.
An appropriate analogy for you would be if some bureaucratic agency mandated building bridges without using welding equipment, but the people who build the bridges would be personally liable if the bridges fail.
Obviously thats an imperfect analogy, since the bridge builders would not be dead. And since the bridge isn’t being built in the middle east or in Asia or in central america.
It has nothing to do with nobility and everything to do with having the methodology be actually capable of achieving something both worthwhile and desirable while also minimizing the cost in American lives.