Posted on 11/21/2012 5:23:06 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
'The information I heard today was that General [Carter] Ham as head of AFRICOM received the same e-mails the White House received requesting help/support as the attack was taking place. General Ham immediately had a rapid response unit ready and communicated to the Pentagon that he had a unit ready.
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Oh I think this situation stinks and almost certainly involves Obama hanging Americans out to die and then running an incompetent coverup. Obama is also doing
everything he can to weaken our military defenses, including systems, people and traditions.
I just think we need to be careful not to overstate the known facts. Making charges of a military coup is a very dangerous charge and you’d better be right. It will spread further distrust of the military among those who make up Obama’s base. It will also lead to distraction from what we know happened, the deaths of four Americans and a significant loss of Americas honor because Obama failed.
We’re in a knockdown war with street thugs, and we get no scoring points for sicking to the Queensbury Rules while our enemies are landing low blows and throwing sand in our faces.
bump for later.
So Gen. Ham wasn’t relieved of duty?
Patriot Generals remove treasonous Obama.
Only in my wet dreams...
Been in and closely associated with the US military for over 30 yrs. Yes, I believe those parties used to happen, as they did in civilian country-club society, but they don’t now. Yes, many upper-ranking military officers make moral accomodations, but not all of them. (Way too many, however.) I don’t believe there is an active-duty military coup in the making. This is a military smear article by a slime merchant who’s been waiting to crawl out of her hole. I think Petreus has been a dirt-bag from the beginning, and his policies BS. There are still many honorable military personnel who have sacrificed everything to serve their country and this article is pure BS.
Obama to Nominate Rodriguez as Next Africa Command Chief
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2012 – President Barack Obama intends to nominate Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez to succeed Army Gen. Carter F. Ham as the commander of U.S. Africa Command, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today.
U.S. Africa Command is the newest combatant command, and its headquarters is in Stuttgart, Germany. The command encompasses all of Africa and its adjacent waters except for Egypt.
The Senate must confirm Rodriguez, who currently is commander of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.
“He has served in a variety of key leadership roles on the battlefield,” Panetta said in announcing the president’s plans to nominate Rodriguez. He was the first commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, the corps-level command in Afghanistan. He was the commander during the surge into Afghanistan, “and was a key architect of the successful campaign plan that we are now implementing,” Panetta said.
Ham has served as the Africa Command chief since March 2011. “Under his leadership, Africom has played a very central role in some very important missions,” the secretary said. “From the NATO campaign in Libya that led to the fall of Gadhafi to successful counterterrorism efforts in Somalia [and] Yemen to efforts we are now involved in in Nigeria and Mali and elsewhere, General Ham has really brought Africom into a very pivotal role in that challenging region.”
The nation is “deeply grateful for his outstanding service,” he said.
Panetta also announced that the president plans to nominate Lt. Gen. John M. Paxton Jr. to receive his fourth star and serve as the next assistant commandant of the Marine Corps. He would succeed Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the preident’s choice to command coalition and U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Paxton is commander of Marine Corps Forces Command, Marine Fleet Force Atlantic and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe. Paxton and Dunford also must be confirmed by the Senate.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=118259
Doesn’t say, but I read Gen. Ham is planning to retire in the spring of 2013.
Russians would know about these kind of things.....all that was missing was the one-way ticket to The Lubyanka.
Much of today’s U.S. society does not respect the military and those that disrespect our military men and women are increasing in numbers.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier disrespect not tolerated
Examiner.com ^ | Nov 20, 2012 | Scott Paulson
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 9:03:42 AM by KeyLargo
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier disrespect not tolerated
November 20, 2012 By: Scott Paulson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2961825/posts
Oh I agree, but we need to throw sand in the right direction.
Pentagon Has Full Confidence in Africom Commander, Little Says
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2012 – Defense Department leaders remain fully confident in the commander of U.S. Africa Command, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told Pentagon reporters here today.
Little said Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, maintain complete faith in the job Army Gen. Carter F. Ham is doing as Africom’s leader.
“General Ham is doing an exceptional job leading Africa Command. He has the full confidence of the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,” he said.
“His decision to retire has been an entirely personal decision to move on,” Little said. “People retire at certain stages of their career and that’s what’s happening in this case.”
President Barack Obama announced Oct. 18 his plans to nominate Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez to succeed Ham as leader of Africom, the newest combatant command, which is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. The command encompasses all of Africa and its adjacent waters except for Egypt.
The chairman dismissed alleged reasons for Ham’s departure in an Oct. 29 statement.
“The speculation that General Carter Ham is departing Africa Command due to events in Benghazi, Libya, on [Sept. 11,] 2012 is absolutely false,” Dempsey said in his statement. “General Ham’s departure is part of routine succession planning that has been ongoing since July. He continues to serve in Africom with my complete confidence.”
Little also dispelled rumors that Ham will step down from his position next year for any reason other than personal choice.
“There’s been a lot of rumor and speculation, particularly in the blogosphere, about General Ham,” he said. “And that speculation and those rumors are absolutely, categorically false.”
“He will continue to lead Africa Command,” he said, “and he is on the job, doing it effectively, and we expect him to do so until he retires and transitions to General Rodriguez — if General Rodriguez is confirmed by the United States Senate.”
The press secretary said he didn’t have a timeline for when Ham will step down and Rodriguez might assume command.
“A lot of it will depend on Senate action,” Little said. “We believe the hearings will take place in the next couple of months, and then we’ll decide when a change of command is appropriate.”
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=118400
Doesnt matter one way or the other for Sorcha Faal’s reliability.
Faal is an old disinof agent on par with the “mysterious” Israel Shamir.
My husband was in the Air Force during Viet Nam. There was a news story several years ago about a general and whether he was lying. I do not recall the story but it’s not important. I remember I asked my husband if he thought generals lied. He said “of course they do, how do you think they get to be generals”? I admit I was shocked. I am naive about military things and I was actually sad that respected military leaders didn’t really deserve to be respected after all.
Yeh debunked by the Whitehouse and the MSM. All credible sources. Sarc.
Wasn’t it Stalin that got rid of all his upper echelon generals?
Now Barry has gotten rid of McKrystal, Petraeus, Ham, and the Naval Admiral. They are being replaced with lower echelon guys that Barry I mean Valerie Jarrett and George Soros can control.
He’s going to try to take over. Its not like the folks haven’t suspected this for 4 years. There is a reason the guns have been flying off the shelves.
All true but doesn’t mean there was a military coup planned
“I admit I was shocked. I am naive about military things and I was actually sad that respected military leaders didn’t really deserve to be respected after all.”
Many military leaders deserve respect. Some deserve jail.
Generals are politicians first and foremost.
I am finding that out.
I find myself agreeing with Damn Near everything Ann Barnhardt has been saying lately, and it freaks me the heck out.......
Sorcha Faal? Come on, you have not heard about this fool’s track record tricks all these years? He/she/it is the star of fear porn. Lies, lies, lies...
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