In any case, a succession of U.S. presidents appear to have attempted to kill foreign leaders (Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya in 1986, Mohammed Farah Aidid of Somalia in 1993, Saddam himself in 1991), partly on the ground that they were command-and-control elements.
They were commanded by superior officers.
"More than holding up, they were commanding the room, they were greeting and introducing," Mr. Fields said.
When NATO dispatched troops to Bosnia in 1995, they were commanded by an American.
Although they were commanded to work together, the purpose of co-operation was less obvious, and less likely to happen.
Ironically, they were commanded by Gen. Harry Heth, alongside whom Buford had fought during the campaign against the Sioux in the mid-1850s.
After all, they point out, Christians believe they were commanded by Jesus to spread the faith and do so in a selfless, often courageous way.
By 1368 these justices of the peace were empowered to hear and determine cases brought to them on criminal matters, and in 1388 they were commanded to sit four times a year in their counties.
They were commanded by a lieutenant, and Iranian government-controlled television was playing video on Wednesday of one of the sailors, apparently the lieutenant, apologizing for entering Iranian territorial waters.
They were commanded by Duke Louis of Württemberg.
