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Bush Directly Commands Special Forces!!!
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Posted on 10/13/2001 2:33:56 PM PDT by MegaDittoDaddy
Bush Directly Commands Special Forces US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT Sat Oct 13 2001 16:30:41 ET President Bush now has a direct line of command to the head of the Special Operations Command, enabling him to bypass other generals when launching covert actions in Afghanistan, fresh editions of US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT will report. In a sign of the key role for special operations forces in Operation Enduring Freedom, Gen. Charles Holland has been designated the top operational commander for parts of the action inside Afghanistan. The unusual arrangement means that instead of answering to Gen. Tommy Franks--the commander of Central Command, who is running the overall campaign--Holland will report directly to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush. The streamlined chain of command might also speed the approval needed for spur-of-the-moment raids based on fleeting intelligence regarding the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden or other prime targets. END
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Good News! Looks like Bush and Rumsfeld are taking control of the PC Legal crowd trying to run our military!
To: MegaDittoDaddy
Strategery!!
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posted on
10/13/2001 2:34:46 PM PDT
by
dead
To: MegaDittoDaddy
they all underestimated GW. it's always good to have your enemy understimate you. both fern and domestic...
To: MegaDittoDaddy
it eliminates all the pink panty wearing leaders Clinton put in charge...
To: dead
COOL!
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posted on
10/13/2001 2:38:49 PM PDT
by
stupid1
To: MegaDittoDaddy
Not only are we blessed to have a legitimate President, but we also now have a legitimate COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
To: MegaDittoDaddy
Brilliant decision. Let's roll.
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posted on
10/13/2001 2:39:46 PM PDT
by
Al B.
To: go star go
It makes my heart feel real warm and comforted that we have such strong leadership at the top! They are quick and decisive in our fight! YOU GOT TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT!!!
To: MegaDittoDaddy
It's called: Let a JAG in the way once, shame on you. Let a JAG in the way again, shame on me.
See the headline item from Drudge. It looks like SecDef was ticked off about that one...
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posted on
10/13/2001 2:41:50 PM PDT
by
hchutch
To: MegaDittoDaddy
Excellent move. This ain't micromanaging, though. Instant info > instant decisons > instant action = one dead sumb*tch
To: MegaDittoDaddy
Drudge is reporting, "An unmanned Predator reconnaissance aircraft operating in the Kabul area identified a convoy carrying Mullah Omar as he fled the capital. The Predator is armed with two anti-tank missiles, but under the rules of engagement in effect Sunday night the C.I.A. could not order such a strike. Although the precise sequence of events could not be fully learned, Hersh reports, General Tommy R. Franks, the commander in charge at the United States Central Command in Florida reported that 'Judge Advocate General, a legal officer', doesn't like this, so we're not going to fire.' " This won't happen again. It's been reported that Mullah Omar was killed. I wonder if that is true in light of this report.
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posted on
10/13/2001 2:42:27 PM PDT
by
courty
To: MegaDittoDaddy
I'm just waiting for him to punch Schumer. Just once...
To: courty
how would a preditor know the man was in the convoy? this is an absolute redicules story...
To: MegaDittoDaddy
Bush Directly Commands Special Forces!!!Bravo Mister President!
But lets not forget, LBJ`s direct command of forces in Vietnam, lead to a political war that could never be won by America. Don't get caught up in a quagmire Mr.President.
To: MegaDittoDaddy
| The unusual arrangement means that instead of answering to Gen. Tommy Franks--the commander of Central Command, who is running the overall campaign--Holland will report directly to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush.  General Franks? Hi, you don't know me but I'm Nick Danger. I represent Former Officers Career Counselors, Inc., and I'm calling today to leave you my phone number and email address.
What's that, you have no plans for retiring? Of course General, but how about if I just send you our helpful information packet anyway? Retirement has a way of sneaking up on us all. One day we just wake up and find out that we retired. It can happen so suddenly that we often don't even see it coming. |
To: go star go
You GOT IT!! Obviously Gen. Tommy Franks was listening too much to the leftist-P.C.-legal A$$ES in the WAR ROOM and not making wise calls. After all WE ARE AT WAR AND NOT IN A COURT-ROOM!!! SO, ACT LIKE A GENERAL AND NOT A LAWYER!!!
To: MegaDittoDaddy
I'm not sure this direct report relationship is such a good idea on its face. The CINC AORs (Areas of Responsibility) have worked very well over decades. The notion that responsibility AND accountability is being divided between two commanders is troublesome. If CENTCOM is not up to the job, he should be relieved. It also has the faintest resemblance to President Johnson approving a daily menu of strike targets in Vietnam. I hope there is more to the story.
To: MegaDittoDaddy
BAD News. This is EXACTLY how the disaster at Desert One occured during the Carter years. Peanut Jimmy wanted direct control of the troops, making a long and cumbersome command and control loop.
Look You pick good people. You tell them what you what them to do. Then let them do it.
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posted on
10/13/2001 2:48:53 PM PDT
by
Kozak
To: MegaDittoDaddy
This welcome action seems to be in response to the report earlier today that Mullah Omar's caravan was passed by as a target on the first night of US attacks. Drudge reported that the CIA was hamstrung by its own legal bureaucracy, letting America's quarry escape before authorization to fire on the caravan was able to come down the chain of command.
Let's roll, "W"!
HF
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posted on
10/13/2001 2:49:15 PM PDT
by
holden
To: The Truth Will Make You Free
My son is in the United States Marine Corps. He said they are PROUD to be serving under George W. Bush, their Commander in Chief.
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