[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.

[brityank]

Meant to ping you to my #91 above.

[jazusamo]

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

Agree completely, brityank. We must get back to fighting the enemy to include insurgents/terrorists, whatever the pc nuts want to call them, like we've fought wars in the past and just kill them.