Posted on 10/31/2012 12:59:36 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
but ... they were all watching it in “real time” .. so where does he get the fact that he didn’t have real time info .. what a liar.
I believe there was an assett, ether a predator or reaper drone, or Spectre gunship, overhead near the end that was armed and could have taken the target under fire.
The target was the mortar team targeting him that ultimately killed him.
Woods was a very good SEAL and he would not lase the target until he knew there was something to take it down.
Orders were given not to fire...that is my feeling about this. Plain and simple.
That has been my feeling all along.
That's the reason for the cover up, orders not to fire, treason and dereliction of duty.
Gen Ham offered to send assistance & was promptly relieved of his duty & brought back to Washington.
Obama is showing his disdain for the military again-—and lifers in the military are going to speak up sooner or later. They won’t take much more.
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