The Supreme Mullah is in trouble. The best way to get the sheeple behind him is to create an external enemy, e.g. "The Great Satan".
The fastest way to do it is send some idiots in to get themselves blown away by overmatching firepower and be victims.
I am not a TOTUS backer, but in his coward's way, the orders are correct, but we all know it is a result of his voting "present" again.
"Stopped Clock"
I agree not to give them a military reason to rally behind the flag. I question Obama being the first US president to acknowledge the Mullas as being a legit government. We should be squealing like a greased pig on behalf of the people who want free of their captors. We should not let up on moral pressure, we need to offer real assurances they won't be left holding the bag. We have to be smart and willing to chance that doing the right thing will prevail ... Like Bush did.