Airman was left for dead by SEALs, but there are signs he fought al-Qaida alone

the longer this goes on ... I wonder what happened to Leave no one Behind ???

It appears as though the Air Force is trying to take a potshot at DEVGRU for an overall jacked-up operation that had too many moving pieces, no unity of chain of command, and violated a basic tenet of war, which the services have unfortunately done far too often which is to ignore the men on the ground.

Hard to say whether or not senior made the right call, but he has to live with that call for the rest of his life, right or wrong.

I read this yesterday, and I'm still pondering a few things: why would the guy be left behind even if dead? We're certainly not going to give the Taliban the satisfaction of dragging a body through the streets as was done in Mogadishu in '93. I find it very hard to believe a comrade would be left behind without a battle buddy making absolutely certain the person in question was in fact deceased. Also, is the Air Force really going to rely on ISR video alone to corroborate this? If memory serves, the MoH requires at least two sworn statements from witnesses. (Please correct me if I'm wrong about that.) If this is being done in lieu of that, that could set a dangerous precedent. I frankly feel there's a little more to this than is being publicly acknowledged. The implication that the Air Force is perhaps trying to save some face with no MoH recipients so far in these wars is not lost on me. I hope that's not the overriding factor or a factor of any kind.