[Old Sarge]

After all, if soldiers opened fire after a lawyer had deemed the attack outside the rules, they would risk discipline -- even prosecution -- if the engagement went awry.

On the day in 2001, when we had Mullah Omar in our sights as he was fleeing Afghanistan in an ambulance - POSITIVE ID on the target - and a JAG O-5 at CENTCOM overruled the combat commander and left a High-Value Target get away - on that day, I knew we were not serious about prosecuting the War on Terror.

[angcat]

I believe we just lost six troops in Afghanistan.