Cutting Out the Generals

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/05/20/cutting_out_the_generals.html

May 20, 2012

Cutting Out the Generals


The New York Times looks at the evolution of the President Obama's thinking on Afghanistan.

"Not long before, after a highly contentious debate within a war cabinet that was riddled with leaks, Mr. Obama had reluctantly decided to order a surge of more than 30,000 troops. The aide told Mr. Obama that he believed military leaders had agreed to the tight schedule to begin withdrawing those troops just 18 months later only because they thought they could persuade an inexperienced president to grant more time if they demanded it."

"A year later, when the president and a half-dozen White House aides began to plan for the withdrawal, the generals were cut out entirely. There was no debate, and there were no leaks."

[msongs]

1. the officer corpse is bloated and could use a good slashing in numbers nt

[RC]

2. To say nothing of the fact, that the bu$h administration house cleaned and stacked officer corps

with its own. Obama needs to do a real house cleaning and retire the right-wing war mongers.