To: Grampa Dave; george76
The ROE change all the time. Remember the shoot down of the Iranian air liner by the USS Vincennes......that incident put a damper on the ability of a command to react to a perceived threat.
175 posted on
03/26/2007 8:50:09 AM PDT by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
To: BIGLOOK
Thanks.
It seems that the British commanders did little more than to call London for permission to do something.
Same on Clinton when the Cole was attacked.
If we are going into harms way, it seems that the commanders should have more freedom to respond ?
I remember the D-day stories of the German Generals were afraid to do anything until Hitler awoke that afternoon.
Sounds similar ?
177 posted on
03/26/2007 9:05:26 AM PDT by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: BIGLOOK
Oh yes, the Iranian airliner loaded with dead corpses which would taken out a US Navy Ship if it hadn't been downed.
Our navy has more danger from Islamo Kazi airliners filled with dead civilians than from the Iranian navy.
180 posted on
03/26/2007 10:44:03 AM PDT by
Grampa Dave
(GW has more Honor and Integrity in his little finger than ALL of the losers on the "hate Bush" band)
To: BIGLOOK; Grampa Dave
See my tagline for the VP George HW Bush’s response to following the shootdown of that Iranian airliner. :o)
202 posted on
04/07/2007 1:17:47 PM PDT by
daybreakcoming
("I will never apologize for the United States of America — I don't care what the facts are")
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