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You are most likely correct on all counts, but who in the world will do it? Would the CiC have the Secret Service protecting him from an arrest? We’ve never been here before as far as I can recall.

From quoted retired Delta operator, "Jeff is correct (about lasing without air asset) but the only reason you would do that is to determine a specific grid for indirect fire which the SEAL did not have available. You are in an active firefight against mortars and MGs; there is only one reason to cease returning fire and paint a target and it ain't because you thought it was a good time to pull a PMCS on your fucking GLD."

Update #5 aside (at Blackfive), this quote is on the money. Something was on overwatch at that point in time that the SEAL on the ground either knew, or thought, was armed and capable of putting fire on the bad guys.
I'm not buying any other explanation. And, a 'no-go' decision was made to let these people die.

"Old Boy" message traffic about this is hot, heavy and getting mean.

From quoted retired Delta operator, "Jeff is correct (about lasing without air asset) but the only reason you would do that is to determine a specific grid for indirect fire which the SEAL did not have available. You are in an active firefight against mortars and MGs; there is only one reason to cease returning fire and paint a target and it ain't because you thought it was a good time to pull a PMCS on your fucking GLD."

Update #5 aside (at Blackfive), this quote is on the money. Something was on overwatch at that point in time that the SEAL on the ground either knew, or thought, was armed and capable of putting fire on the bad guys.
I'm not buying any other explanation. And, a 'no-go' decision was made to let these people die.

"Old Boy" message traffic about this is hot, heavy and getting mean.

It would have to be somebody at the non-federal level. Federal law enforcement is under the control of Eric Holder. Not gonna happen there.

I recognize the fear that law enforcement would use the power to arrest as a political tool. Like Mike Nifong and Ronnie Earl. But as it is right now we’ve got law enforcement politicized because there are law enforcement people who are afraid to make arrests even when there is WAY over the standards for a legal arrest - because they don’t want to APPEAR “political”. If anything but the evidence makes your law enforcement decision for you then it is a travesty of justice. What should determine whether an arrest is made is the quality and amount of evidence of the crime. And there are law enforcement and legal standards for that - what constitutes probable cause.

I am not averse to the idea of politicians’ cases being expedited so that law enforcement is not used as a political weapon. Removing the ability for political hit jobs by law enforcement being successful is actually a part of ensuring equal protection for politicians, I think.

I know the pitfalls and why somebody would be afraid of a President being able to be arrested. But I also know the pitfalls if we have a President who CAN’T be arrested. And we have to seriously consider how to avoid BOTH pitfalls, because we have a POTUS right now who is known to have committed perjury at least 4 times. And without committing that perjury he could never have been in a position to screw our military, national security, and Constitution. The seed of all the treason we’re seeing from Obama and his regime right now was the crime of perjury that they committed 4 years ago and again this year.