I think Obama is playing with fire here.
He’s sacrificed 2 SEALs and untold CIA assets, and interfered with longstanding ROEs for diplomatic defense/rescue.
I don’t think that any James Mattoon Scott types would have gotten a third or fourth star in the past 20 years, but I am almost certain that there are more than a few O5s and O6s, as well as some civilian intel badasses and PMCs, who both know the back story and who love the country.
Right now, if I were in their shoes, I’d be leaking and waiting ten days to see if the People have figured it out.
However, if worst comes to worst, it could get interesting.
GEN HAM WAS NOT RELIEVED! Actually GEN Rodriguez was announced in a DOD press release weeks ealrier as his replacement at AFRICOM. GEN R is not now in command of AFRICOM, but is still in the US awaiting the normal change of command. GEN Ham has been a 4 star for years and was due to retire. Furthering this false rumor will only hurt the validity of freerepublic.com and suppress it’s influence on issues that need to be addressed.
Third or fourth *—that’s the key. But the past 20 years? I’d say more like the past 50! And J. M. Scott parodied the last one—Gen. Edwin Walker. We’ve seen precious little of truth from active starred military since.