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To: george76
I am tired of the decisions of Sergeants and Privates made in the heat of battle being scrutinized by lawyers who were not there and will never really know the state of mind of the young soldiers who were there and what is asked of them in order to survive.

right on! A trucker called an overnight talk show last night saying that he just gotten out of the army after 9 years and that he was in Iraq for the invasion. He said that in the beginning they were allowed to shoot back at anyone who shot at them. After about 3 or 4 months, the JAG corps came in and changed that rule to only being able to shoot back if they were shot at very closely. If the enemy shot near them, but not directly at them, our soldiers could no longer shoot back. The enemy started using film of action against us, etc.

I am sad to think that we have sent our finest overseas to fight a PC war dictated to by JAG officers. They are not warriors.

8 posted on 01/31/2007 11:14:30 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: Freee-dame
I am sad to think that we have sent our finest overseas to fight a PC war dictated to by JAG officers.

The military services should disband their JAG corps use the savings to buy more ammo.

19 posted on 01/31/2007 11:28:24 AM PST by atomic_dog
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