My understanding from what the military folks here have said is that the default is set to the contingency plans. If Obama ignored the requests the answer would have been interpreted as “yes”. For the contingency plan to not be carried out, Obama had to specifically veto it.
Somebody please correct me if I’m misunderstanding this.
That’s correct, UNLESS there are specific steps in the Rules of Engagement requiring clearances to proceed as inputs.
That makes me sick to my stomach. This is the guy who would not give the order for the SEALS to fire on those Somalia pirates....the captain did it on his own (thank God). And he has hung out other of our troops in similar situations in Stan land and let good men die.
I never thought I would see the day when I would say I HATE my president but today is that day