Quote: 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? >>>>> Hollywood wrote: > dick, > > Really? Where exactly did I say that? > You really DON'T understand the chain of command, do you? > > On Sep 28, 10:36 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, you said he should stay out of it. >> >> >> >> Hollywood wrote: >> >>> dick, >>> >>> No shit the military is responsible to civilian leadership. That why >>> it's the POTUS (Obama) that issues the orders and the military people >>> carry them out. Isn't that what I just said? >>> >>> On Sep 28, 9:32 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> That is BS. The military is responsible to the civilians and the >>>> highest office in the military is the CIC. He is the one who sets the >>>> standards. He is the one who sets the general policies and the CO is >>>> his representative in his office. Of course the president has the final >>>> word. The CO asks for more troops and the president has to decide if >>>> within his policies and within the realities of the situation more >>>> troops are justified. If so, then he makes that decision. If no, then >>>> he needs to talk to the CO to get settled what the policy should be. He >>>> should not micromanage but he should set the basic policy. Why would I >>>> then be screaming about his second-guessing. What he needs to do is >>>> make the decision and then spend some of this huge amount of talking he >>>> does to the country telling us what his policy is and why. This idiot >>>> is trying to duck from making the decisions his job requires him to make >>>> just as he has been ducking all the other decisions he should have been >>>> making and selling to the public. OBAMA - One Big Assed Mistake, America. >>>> >>>> Hollywood wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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 -- Hide quoted text - >>>>>> >>>> - Show quoted text -- 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
