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To: silverleaf
took the legal advice...

From whom did he take that advice?

HF

51 posted on 11/29/2009 10:13:28 AM PST by holden
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To: holden
When his guys on the ground had this convoy sighted, Franks deferred to a CENTCOM legal advisor on whether to order the attack- as a former CENTCOM planner, I remember reading about it at the time and remembering it

Since it could not be GUARANTEED that no civilians in the convoy would be killed, Franks called off the strike and they did not attack

Probably the fine history-changing work of some brain dead 0-6 military lawyer (and/or the POLAD) who shall remain nameless, since this whole issue now is supposed to be about trashing Rumsfeld (and Bush and Cheney)

53 posted on 11/29/2009 10:22:41 AM PST by silverleaf (Ours is the only country on earth with a ventriloquist dummy for President)
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To: holden
When his guys on the ground had this convoy sighted, Franks deferred to a CENTCOM legal advisor on whether to order the attack- as a former CENTCOM planner, I remember reading about it at the time and remembering it

Since it could not be GUARANTEED that no civilians in the convoy would be killed, Franks called off the strike and they did not attack

Probably the fine history-changing work of some brain dead 0-6 military lawyer (and/or the POLAD) who shall remain nameless, since this whole issue now is supposed to be about trashing Rumsfeld (and Bush and Cheney)

54 posted on 11/29/2009 10:22:53 AM PST by silverleaf (Ours is the only country on earth with a ventriloquist dummy for President)
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