What is your opinion about this author's premise that President Obama is abusing the military?

2015-11-03T14:10:10-05:00

The author of this article states that Obama's decision to commit Special Forces to Syria is hypocritical, corrupt and an abuse of his authority.

I agree with him. What are your thoughts?

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/11/obamas_corrupt_and_immoral_abuse_of_the_military.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook#.Vjdrj8H8plY.facebook

Articles: Obama's Corrupt and Immoral Abuse of the Military

Barack Obama's decision to send American special forces to Syria is not only hypocritical, but also a corrupt and immoral abuse of his powers as commander-in-chief.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Nov 3 at 2015 2:13 PM

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Pretty sure they've been there a lot longer than the current popular headlines would suggest. And have been for a few Presidencies now...

Response by COL Jean (John) F. B. made Nov 3 at 2015 2:22 PM

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Response by SFC Terry Fortune made Nov 3 at 2015 2:30 PM

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I told some of my close friends that when he got elected President that the military and law enforcement are going to get screw. Well to me it looks that way.

Response by PVT Robert Gresham made Nov 3 at 2015 3:01 PM

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I agree with you COL Jean (John) F. B..

But I can't help but think, as bad as Obama abuses the Military, for the future, do we really want a President who so badly misread a situation that is caused the death of good Americans, then lied about the cause for years, and then only admitted to the truth when it was dug up by a special committee? No, thank you !! (Sorry, Sir. Rant/Vent ENDEX.)

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Nov 3 at 2015 4:08 PM

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The biggest crime is not knowing how to fight insurgencies. The Taliban will continue to conduct asymmetric attacks. ISIS is the size of an Army holed up in urban areas.

Response by COL Sam Russell made Nov 3 at 2015 4:41 PM

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Unless this author works in USSOCOM, USCENTCOM, CJTF-OIR, or USSOCCENT, or has access to classified briefings from one of those headquarters, his opinion--and this truly is an opinion piece--is uninformed, or at best ill-informed. Having been in one of those headquarters in the past six months, I can tell you that neither the Commander-in-Chief, nor any of his civilian advisors dreamed up this plan on their own. It almost certainly was conceived and proposed by military strategic leaders or was a compromise of a proposed plan that the military found feasible, acceptable, and suitable. I would venture to say that every decision that President Obama has directed regarding the military was either proposed by, or supported by our strategic military leaders, whose jobs are to provide military options to the National Command Authority. That no senior military leader has resigned in protest, tells me that the President's decisions are neither corrupt nor immoral. Either that, or our senior military leaders have pulled a page from McMaster's Book.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 6:23 PM

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I have never, not once, been this jaded.
I fear that we have stepped into a folly with such dire and long-lasting consequences that we will be feeling it's effects long after 2016.
Syria is a singular, unmitigated, and directly attributable disaster of US foreign policy.
So was Libya, although not as epic in scope.
So was Iraq.
So was Crimea.
Jury is out on Afghanistan, but it doesn't look good.
I will take any and all bets from the community that the Iran nuclear deal turns out to be a terrible mistake.
For those who would like to blame Bush for all this (which for some of it is fair), Libya was a completely unforced error. As was Iran and Crimea. Syria's issues didn't start until 2012, although it would be rightly noted that many of the troublemakers there are formerly employed as Iraqi insurgents. Lesser known is how many ISIS recruits and weaponry were supplied by Libya when Qadaffi's government collapsed and it turned into a free for all.
What a gong show.

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2015 12:02 AM

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He is the commander in chief and can deploy forces under the war powers act. I'm not sure how that is immoral or corrupt. Many do not agree with the policy against ISIS, but I can't agree with the author...and I am about as conservative as you can get.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2015 4:18 AM

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He is the commander, nor does he make the decision alone. People who try to hold him to things he said 2 years ago about something as volatile as a combat theather. Are insane

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Nov 4 at 2015 8:02 AM

2015-11-04T08:02:53-05:00

I don't think so much present Obama is abusing the military. He has no respect for the military.