On 23/06/2010 2:33 AM, bpuharic wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:28:37 -0700, "Califbill"
wrote:





I think there should be more speaking up. MacArthur was opening the pie
hole even against the Joint Chiefs of Staff on how to run the war. If more
generals had spoken up in 1965 era when I was drafted, maybe we would have a
hell of a lot names on the wall, and we would have been victorious if at all
possible. This guy was saying that Obama came to meetings unprepared and
his aids were total doofuses. Not on how we should be dropping nukes, etc.
per MacArthur. When he retires, I would like him to speak up about the
rules of engagement, and how they are killing our soldiers.

what he failed to note was that obama, unlike bush, LISTENED to the
general, and gave him every single thing he asked for. mcchrystal
determined our policy in afghanistan. he determined the method of
COIN. the troop levels, the resources

it's his plan. NOW he bitches he's not being listened to.

it's bizarre

Not at all. Obama hasn't figured out the enemy is like school yard
bullies. You need to bloody their noses once and awhile to keep them
smarter. Obama has taken the do no harm stand as he loves muslims.
Well, it is getting them killed. Guess the generals are getting sick of
DC head up their arse decisions.

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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.