There will come a day when military weapons will be fitted with an “electronic authorization” function that will keep the weapon from being fired until a license to shoot is granted (after having gone up the chain of command).
Micromanaging the battlefield goes back to Vietnam rules of engagement, when Lyndon Johnson was personally authorizing squad level operations on the ground.
Only been four years since I retired from the Army Reserve. I don’t think I’d recognize the place now.
Seems like it’s more .. down the drain of command.
But, I can tell you why all this is happening. All the major Commanders/Admirals/Generals, were given a choice; either agree to fire on the American public, or resign.
Two military people I trust confirmed this to me.
However, I believe that when we have a new CIC, there will be a new group of military leaders who will re-establish the common sense principles .. like NOT having women in HOT combat areas; especially now that tests have established that ALL MALE UNITS PERFORM BETTER THAN THOSE WITH FEMALE STAFF (which I could have told them would happen). Sorry ladies, you’ll just have to get over it.
Like anything else .. all it takes is leadership. And .. we might see a few of the people who resigned be reinstated .. just because the military will be allowed to be the military.
There will come a day when military weapons will be fitted with an “electronic authorization” function that will keep the weapon from being fired until a license to shoot is granted (after having gone up the chain of command)......Already here. A Gulf War sniper I met told me his scope was fitted with a camera that went ‘live’ to his central command. He would radio in to them when he had located a target. He was to get a YES/ No by someone watching a screen. By the time he received a decision, the targets were gone. Luckily, he said, it was an experiment to see if these protocols could work.