Boy_From_Brazil
Have to agree with you 100%. If the decision not to respond to the fire coming from the tomb was the Colonel's then he has made one of the most significant decisions that will lead to the eventual success of this war.
My understanding that his actions led to the release of the senior Imam for the Shia in Iraq and this has led to a fatwa calling on all Shia to stay at home and not oppose the coalition advance.
Given that the Shia are the majority sect in Iraq, that fatwa will have far-reaching consequences.