I think the Generals are making all the military decisions on who and what to bomb

[TNLib]

CNN

President Donald Trump declined to say whether he personally signed off on the use of the GBU-43/B MOAB, also known as the "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan.

Here's what he said when asked whether he authorized the strike:

““Everybody knows exactly what happens. So, what I do is I authorize our military,” Trump said. “We have given them total authorization and that’s what they’re doing.””

Are the Generals running the show now that Bannon is out of the NSC?

I guess so I'm not even sure Trump knows what's going on.

[tarheelsunc]

1. But I thought he knew more than the generals? eom

[Docreed2003]

2. Oh I think the Generals are clearly running the show...

Trump basically admitted it to with the way he worded that statement.

[Amishman]

3. I actually feel better about that than Trump calling the shots

We hit only two targets, both of which had military merit and no reported civilian casualties. My beef is choice of weapons, both seem to have been done with the most expensive tool available.

If Trump were exclusively making the calls I would expect a lot more attacks with sloppier execution/selection

[applegrove]

4. Trump is less isolated from the experts in each department. Since those around him

are do nothings, except for maybe Ivanka and Kuschner, they have proven to be useless in governnance and Trump is relying on public servants more for his ideas. That includes generals. From one extreme to the other.