Posted on 10/05/2009 5:40:45 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron
Sources tell Newsmax the Obama administration is muzzling its top military leaders, and keeping them from publicly airing their views on how to fight the war in Afghanistan.
The administration's primary target: top Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, whose speech in London last week apparently caught administration officials off guard.
In fact, The Daily Telegraph reported that Obama's advisers were "shocked and angered" by McChrystal's speech.
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zer0's facade is beginning to crumble....or his true colors are shinning though, which ever you prefer
So much for openness and transparency (deja vu all over again).
Why do we always have to tell our enemy what we’re going to do?
I am begging Obama to fire General McChrystal, I am begging him.
If he does, he will look like the most inexperienced, inept president in history.
I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE LETTING OUR GUYS BE MURDERED....WHY DONT THEY HAVE BACK UP?
Is this confrontation vs passive aggression or what? By using the phrase ‘Deeds Not Words’ are we to assume Deeds is Chris Deeds?
Back up? You mean air support? Why should an Administration ‘policy’ support bringing ‘potential terrorist recruits’ home to the US alive?
Surely you jest.
Dear Leader...It’s not nice to fool with the military...especially when that military doesn’t think well of you.
“I am begging Obama to fire General McChrystal, I am begging him. If he does, he will look like the most inexperienced, inept president in history.”
I’m begging him to fire him also, but because I think this guy has a great political future and I’d rather see him out there free to voice his opinion at will than be stuck in that Obama-created quagmire with his hands tied behind his back.
This guy has guts. He’s a NATO commander, and I’m speculating that since Obama wasn’t going to do anything about getting that place under control, maybe he thought he could rally the rest of NATO to do it.
Obama has yet to publish a National Security Policy as required by Goldwater/Nichols. Bush published at least three and amended one.
The US Military is currently rudderless.
mmm, mmm, mmm...
The whole situation is a farce.
Gen. McChrystal had no business being in London or making a speech regarding war policy.
That should have been made clear to him by the chain of Command.
A serving officer has a duty to speak up and give his views THROUGH the Chain, not outside of it. In public he has the duty to keep his mouth shut.
Once the civilian leadership decides on policy it is his duty to say Yes SIR, salute and carry it out to the best of his ability OR RESIGN and THEN go public.
I am not defending Obummer whom I despise but the traditions of our military which have served us well.
I am a graduate of West Point, and I can tell you that in my day McArthur was worshipped at the Academy but the STRONG consensus was that Truman was right to fire him.
The military cannot speak independently while still in command.It undermines our basic values and the trust between the military and the people.
I agree. We better hope there is enough support, military and otherwise, to do what the President will ultimately have to do. He, and we, won’t have much choice, because the crude facts will become evident to everyone before too long. The office and the man are two different things, even if the man is foolish enough to think otherwise; and the facts apply to the office.
Forget the Olympics. I’m afraid we have a long march in front of us.
Hussein bin Obama al-Kenyata gave a speech that emphasized more NATO contributions.
Then he sends McChrystal to NATO to drum up support.
yitbos
When the CIC is an enemy of America, it's his duty, defending his men and America against a domestic enemy is his oath.
Gen. McChrystal was summoned by your man zer0, too bad he didn't kick him in the balls and throw is a$$ out on the tarmac
Maybe it has something to do with “against all enemies, foreign and domestic”?
Thanks for your service!
I agree that the military is to defend against enemies foreign and domestic but we aren’t there yet.
McCrystal was wrong. If he thought zero is wrong, he should of tried to talk to the CIC before talking in public.
It shows a lack of discipline. I’m sure McCrystal would not let anyone serving under him speak out in public like he did.
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