Everyone was against the surge, all the generals minus Petraeus, all the advisers, even the president elect. Bush went against them all and trusted Gen Petraeus.
Gen Petraeus is the hero here but a good plan doesn't work if you can't implement it. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Um, who is over all responsible for the yes or no of these types of > decisions?" > > exactly. > > I'm not sure how much credit any president should take for the work that > y'all are doing over there. > While he can make executive decisions, the ultimate success of failure > of a mission or military campaign lies with the folks that are executing > it, I'm assuming someone over there has the authority to say > "Mr. President this REALLY isn't going to work", ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278930 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
