[Always A Marine]

Doesn't make Tommy Franks look good at all.

One of those disastrous "no fire" incidents was well publicized at the time. Central Command's Staff Judge Advocate (yes, a damned lawyer) objected to firing on the target on the grounds that it violated the rules of engagement -- and the general deferred. Though the ROE were later amended, OBL's son-in-law got away.

Peacetime instills an overriding emphasis on safety and caution which is hard to shake, and it took a while for military bureaucracies to realize that they were really in a fight. Hopefully, such hesitancy is a thing of the past.

[ex-Texan]

Well, there is a serious 'flip side' to your argument .... I learned months ago that OBL made his decision to attack the U.S. right after Billy Blowjob's launch of cruise missles on that Sudanese aspirin factory.

Billy was just doing a 'Wag the Dog' because impeachment talk ... and he managed to kill close relatives of OBL ... Ergo, one enraged super terrorist freaks out and 9/11 happens.

The 'flip side' is if the Central Command's Staff Judge Advocate had given the Green Light to attack, and if we had killed OBL's son-in-law, then, no doubt, we would have been picking up more dead innocents months ago ....

I thank God we have adults in the White House now, and not another bunch of 'Pizza pie throwing, crack smoking weenies looking for kiddie porn on the Internet. Time to take a deep breath and count our blessings.

[bybybill]

I`m baffled as to how slime bag lawyers got involved in war fighting. Maybe as targets but not as decision makers.