He did not know what the outcome would be. They could have been detained indefinitely. They could have been executed.No one could have known.
The only way was to resist arrest. You seem to know that the outcome would be death. What if firing warning shots sent the Iranians running. No one knew the outcome.
What if they had been then executed in Iran. He did not know. He put his team in grave danger. Once he capitulated he lost control of the situation. There destiny was put into the hands of the Iranians, that was both incompetent and negligent.
His career is over.
You say he is a hero. Who in the White house has described him as a hero. Who in the Admirality has called him a hero,
If you are correct Guesser that he is a hero, then we will see him decorated, won't we.
That is precisely the way I see it.
And probably a court marshal offense.
� 899. Art. 99. Misbehavior before the enemy
Any member of the armed forces who before or in the presence of the enemy- (1) runs away; (2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend; (3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property; (4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct; (6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage; (7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces; (8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or (9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies when engaged in battle;
shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
