That's understandable. I would recommend those charges because LTC West as a commander admitted IMO to assault. We have had a discussion of aggravated vice simple and you have convinced me to rethink my support for aggravated. Therefore if an admission is made the JAG has a duty to recommend charges.
The Convening authority has the option to accept or decline, and even if accepted, and conviction is found the judge does not have to issue maximum sentance.
It's been established there are clearly mitigating circumstances here and I agree with that, just not as much as some others, those are what I hope will keep him out of jail. A better solution (barring more evidence we don't know about) would be allowing him to retire and make a large sum of money from his book (hey, if Je$$ica Lynch can why can't he).
And I agree more than a few would be interested in hearing his story. His weapon didn't jam and he remembers what happened, after all.