I read an article about Americans being pinned down and asked for air support. The “commanders” called a lawyer and were told not to send them.
They have to call a lawyer to approve of air strikes??
They are running our country in Washington. They are now in charge of wars. Shakespeare had the right idea.
Is this a war? Or is it a police action? A ‘reconstruction’? A ‘nation-build’?
Unfortunately our soldiers are put in the position of fighting an enemy not for the purpose of smashing them and taking their territory, but for stabilizing a nascent—and quite corrupt—government. When the enemy blends with the local population, killing him at any cost may impede the larger ‘mission.’
I’m glad it isn’t me.