No shots fired, or Obama would burn the commanders who engaged.

That's the order Mike Sarraille says came down at the very beginning of the ISIS threat. right as he deployed on an exchange tour, having taken a troop commander slot at Delta.

His guys had zero authorities to actually do anything. After the first week, the reaction across the team was simple: "What are we doing here?"

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