That's true. Here's a summary, from the CAAFlog, about some other victims of Lakin's stupidity:
"MAJ Dobson was the government’s second sentencing witness. While the government elicited testimony from him about how he and his unit were harmed by LTC Lakin’s failure to deploy, his testimony didn’t seem at all whiney or self-pitying. Rather, he came across as a professional military officer willing to do his duty. His testimony would prove quite aggravating.
"He testified that he recently returned from a six-month deployment with the 1-32 Cavalry Squadron. He received a call on 6 April saying he might have to deploy on short notice. He was then put on hold for a week, told that the doctor who was originally scheduled to deploy might do so after all. He was then told he was definitely going and left two weeks later.
"MAJ Dobson’s wife had returned six months before from a deployment in Afghanistan. The Army tried to give them some time together and he hadn’t expected to deploy until the end of the year. He had been scheduled to attend the captains’ career course, which he had to cancel.
"When he arrived at Fort Campbell on 26 April, most of his squadron had already gone to Afghanistan. He wasn’t able to attend the predeployment course required for deploying doctors.
"When he arrived in Afghanistan, his unit was on the Pakistani border in Kunar Province, just north of Jalalabad. The previous unit had left a physician’s assistant behind to fill the gap when the 1-32 arrived without a doctor. MAJ Dobson testified, “She was very happy to see me.”
"Then came the most powerful testimony of the court-martial. On MAJ Dobson’s second day in country, his unit “had mass casualties” — a total of 16. He testified that he felt he didn’t treat them as well as he could have had he had more time to prepare for his deployment.
"He named the lieutenant colonel who replaced him after six months — the lieutenant colonel who is now in Afghanistan filling the second half of what would have been LTC Lakin’s deployment.
"On cross-examination, Mr. Puckett established that MAJ Dobson considered his deployment to be professionally rewarding. He testified that it was “a good experience for me,” but distinguished that from its effect on his family. "Speaking of MAJ Dobson’s family, the next government witness was his wife. She testified that she returned from deployment in November 2009. She testified that “we were hoping to expand our family,” a plan that was shelved when her husband received short-notice deployment orders. The two were both signed up to attend the captain’s career course in May 2009 together. Her husband couldn’t go because he had to deploy. She decided not to go either, because her husband’s short-notice deployment was already difficult on their two-year-old son. She didn’t want to exacerbate that impact by leaving for the career course. She also testified that she was awarded a bronze star at a ceremony she scheduled for May so both her and her husband’s family could attend. Her husband had to miss that ceremony due to his unexpected deployment. The defense didn’t cross-examine her."
Why did they have Dobson’s wife testify, if the orders were never about Lakin’s deployment?
Correction: victims of Obama’s lawlessness.
What kind of a jerk would put both of these families through this? Not to mention the money he wasted on the procedures, and the loss of a good doctor. Sixteen wounded died, because Obama wouldn’t show the genuine article of what he says he already showed the whole world.
And for what purpose? Lakin’s purpose was to uphold the rule of law. What could possibly be Obama’s purpose in withholding a 10-second call to Fukino that could have saved 16 wounded warriors’ lives while allowing everybody in the country and the military to sleep with a good conscience and greater trust in their “dear leader”?
Why? Why did he go to all this trouble to particularly make sure that Lakin couldn’t in good conscience deploy and serve as he wants to?
You tell me, Lurking Libertarian - what was his motive?
What caused the harm in that case — the murderous enemy, the fraud Obama, or an officer, gentleman and patriot who stood on principle?
Moreover, given the efforts Colonel Lakin had made in the two years prior, the possibility that he might so refuse orders is a COMMANDER’s burden. Why didn’t the Commander have a back-up plan?