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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Trump is empowering the military -- and raising some eyebrows
Washington (CNN)In his first six months in office, President Donald Trump has overseen a steady transfer of power from the White House to the Pentagon, handing off several warfighting authorities that previously rested in his hands -- and those of past presidents of both parties -- to the Pentagon and the commanders overseeing the US' military campaigns.
The moves are intended to empower the military at a tactical level, bolstering the US' intensifying fight against ISIS and al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups to praise from several current and former military officials.
But those efforts have also raised concerns about whether Trump expects to face the same level of accountability for military decisions he has kicked down to the Pentagon and have drawn attention to the inherent risks of downsizing the White House's role in overseeing the US' escalating military campaign against ISIS and al-Qaeda and its offshoots.
Trump's most significant step in this direction came earlier this month when he empowered Defense Secretary James Mattis, a recently retired four-star general, to set troop levels in Afghanistan.
The moves are intended to empower the military at a tactical level, bolstering the US' intensifying fight against ISIS and al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups to praise from several current and former military officials.
But those efforts have also raised concerns about whether Trump expects to face the same level of accountability for military decisions he has kicked down to the Pentagon and have drawn attention to the inherent risks of downsizing the White House's role in overseeing the US' escalating military campaign against ISIS and al-Qaeda and its offshoots.
Trump's most significant step in this direction came earlier this month when he empowered Defense Secretary James Mattis, a recently retired four-star general, to set troop levels in Afghanistan.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/24/politics/trump-pentagon-shift-war-power-military/index.html
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How Trump is empowering the military -- and raising some eyebrows (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2017
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forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)1. "But those efforts have also raised concerns..."
... about whether Trump expects to face the same level of accountability..."
SHRED
(28,136 posts)3. He can blame the Generals this way
It wont work but in his pea brain apparently he thinks this.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)2. Are Afgahnistan and Iraq endless wars?
How many years are we going to have troops in these countries?
spanone
(135,844 posts)4. if the military is calling the shots...probably forever