But only the President, with special codes, can order an attack.
"I will not order a conventional attack just so that two killers can have at each other."
Yet the dead majer had been ready to order an attack.
He then ordered an attack from three sides and destroyed the Korean army.
But he insisted that he had not made a final decision to order an attack on Iraq.
Why not wait a year or more for the economic sanctions to work before ordering an attack that would led to American casualties?
First, just to get the thing under way, the officer ordered a general attack on all four sides of the hacienda.
In spite of being low on fuel, Bolt ordered an attack.
And if I order an attack," he said, "are you going to support my authority on that bridge out there?
He then ordered an attack on the French bridge.