The CINC does not write DOD policy & regulations: HOWEVER, if one issued a command to the JCS to in fact "solve the problem" that would be a lawful order and one they would have to comply with to the satisfaction of Chairman JCS and ultimately the CINC. The military would do well IMHO, to wash itself free of the safety ninnies and the anti-military pseudo Generals that are in place, well before we have to fight a war with an enemy with conventional forces again. And, I think it may well be coming in the next few years. I love SPECOPS, was a proud but minor part of them, but they cannot alone win a war against tanks and battalions of troops. An military that operates on risk assessment & force protection cannot win against a determined enemy with conventional forces, unless we go tactical nuke within the first few days, then sue for peace. We have put ourselves in dire danger.