Posted on Nov 3, 2015
What is your opinion about this author's premise that President Obama is abusing the military?
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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
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
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I don't think so much present Obama is abusing the military. He has no respect for the military.
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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.
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COL Jean (John) F. B.
COL Sam Russell - While you certainly make some valid points, you fail to point out that Obama has a history of failing to follow the advice of his top military commanders. While it may be technically true that no senior military leader has "resigned in protest", there certainly have been several who have retired (voluntarily or been forced to retire - "purged") rather than continue to follow Obama's flawed military strategy. Many of those have become vocal in the media about their objections to his policies.
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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.
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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.)
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.)
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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.
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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
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COL Jean (John) F. B.
SPC (Join to see) - You are correct, but he has a history of not following the advice of his military commanders.
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COL Jean (John) F. B. - Very true he does. I'm simply a believer in calling faults as they are.
Him stating he would not support ground Troops and combat operations in Iraq and Syria, I really think he ment it. I think he doesn't want it. Yet as we've all learned in our careers. Combat isn't predictable. And with Syrian and Iraq it's extreamly kenetic. I think he was left with little to no choice as the air plan failed (who woulda guessed that one!!)
My only hope now is that we approach this situation correctly. Move completed away from "Rumsfeld Docterine" this time. Which has proven a failure time and time again in Afghanistan and Iraq. Go back to the drawing board and hopefully come away with something similar to Gen. Powell's take on the "Weinberger Doctrine".
Him stating he would not support ground Troops and combat operations in Iraq and Syria, I really think he ment it. I think he doesn't want it. Yet as we've all learned in our careers. Combat isn't predictable. And with Syrian and Iraq it's extreamly kenetic. I think he was left with little to no choice as the air plan failed (who woulda guessed that one!!)
My only hope now is that we approach this situation correctly. Move completed away from "Rumsfeld Docterine" this time. Which has proven a failure time and time again in Afghanistan and Iraq. Go back to the drawing board and hopefully come away with something similar to Gen. Powell's take on the "Weinberger Doctrine".
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COL Jean (John) F. B.
SPC (Join to see) - Hopefully he learned a lesson from the failure of his decisions in Iraq. America needs to do what it takes to win or get out of it and prepare to wage the war in our homeland, which will surely follow.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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...
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COL Jean (John) F. B.
SFC Michael Hasbun - Yes, that is probably true, however, the current President is more interested in how it looks politically than what is a military necessity.
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COL Jean (John) F. B.
SFC Michael Hasbun - Agreed.. But he always puts politics ahead of everything, regardless of the implications on our country or our citizens. Most politicians have some ethics and morals, but not this one.
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