dick, Simple. The CIC sets the standards, issues the orders and the military obeys them. You have never heard of the chain of command? He will get blamed by someone for something no matter what he does. If he was talking to the General every day people such as yourself would be screaming about his "second-guessing" and "micro-managing" the professional military people.
On Sep 28, 7:16 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Regardless of whether he does or not he is the commander in chief and > sets the standards for what the military has to do. If he does not have > a military background, then he should at the least be talking to his > on-site CO so he can get the information and support to set the > standards he is supposed to be doing. Obviously Zero wants nothing to > do with setting anything he can get blamed for. He wants to be the > Undecider who lets everyone else make his policies. > > How soon can we get rid of him!! > > > > Hollywood wrote: > > jgg, > > > Good. A President is NOT micro-managing the on-site CO and letting him > > do his job. This is how it should be. President Obama does not have a > > military background, remember? > > > On Sep 28, 5:06 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> in 70 days... So much for giving the commander a direct uncensored > >> access to the President... Seems to me, a leader would want to > >> direct communication with such a key commander in Afghanistan... > > >>http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/back-story/2009/sep/28/us-comm... > > >>>>> "I’ve talked to the president, since I’ve been here, once on a VTC > >>>>> [video teleconference]," Gen. Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter > >>>>> David Martin in a television interview that aired Sunday. > > >> "You’ve talked to him once in 70 days?" Mr. Martin followed up. > > >> "That is correct," the general replied.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
