Retired Marine Gen. John Allen to coordinate Iraq, Syria effort

Stars and Stripes ^ | Sep 11, 2014 | LOLITA C. BALDOR

[TADSLOS]

Ben, I never questioned the man’s credentials. You keep bringing them up. My problem is the way the process is being deliberately twisted by pulling a retired GO in to work for the State Dept instead of bringing him back on active duty, (which can be done), and having him report through a military chain of command instead of the career leftists and muslim enablers embedded in the DoS.

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks.

[BeauBo]

“the process is being deliberately twisted by pulling a retired GO in to work for the State Dept instead of bringing him back on active duty, (which can be done), and having him report through a military chain of command”

Interesting point. Their is always some degree of friction between DoD and Dept of State during any operation. This may be the liberal wet dream of how to run an operation - give them their own Generals and allow them to tinker however the feel.

If a senior General is committed to doing the right thing and defending our country while there is an administration like this one in power, they have to choke back criticism, or they will be fired. If they lack the restraint, maturity and commitment to do this, then some less qualified or totally unqualified replacement will call the shots.

If they just throw up their hands and quit when the letfies show up, they would be surrendering the future to them. I don’t necessarily condemn those who stay on duty during leftist administrations - they may be holding the fort and enduring frustration for the greater good. I would not want to have to put up with their crap. I am grateful for those who do.

[BeauBo]

General Allen will probably do his best to accomplish the mission he takes on, only to have the rug pulled out from under him by his bosses time after time.

Those in the region that trust him risk being sold down the river as well.

[TADSLOS]

A disaster in the making.

[Deetes]

France part is selling nuke parts to Iran.
Saudis will have a great feast.
Turkey will give millatary help to Syria
(S)))/

[Candor7]

almost 40 nations,, operating under the direction of a retired Marine General.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1) I doubt that Obama’s imposed “consensual-cooperation” model will work as an effective method for chain of command necessary for genuine strategy. IMHO this whole situation is a recreation of the historical Veitnam syndrome, where “war” is not war, where there is no shared definition of victory ( we can’t beat the pests , only co exist with them in a continuous state of mutual anihilation ( that barely works only as long as there are no nukes or WMD involved).

Obama is creating a meat grinder for America’s servicemen and women, just as Vietnam had become under the left in the 1960s.And it has no end point except that provided by say, Russia/China.Russia is waiting to see how weak NATO becomes, which is why the Europeans are not buying in to the “Obama plan.”Their immediate threat is to the East in the Ukraine.

2) The Marine general is retired for a reason. He is more vulnerable to political influence in his execution of battle plans and command over allies, so called. We are involved in a religious war , with the prize being Mecca itself.Yet no one in the United States will even begin to publicly acknowledge this fact. Allen is appointed to make sure that this fact is NEVER acknowledged, and to also make sure that the rich oil fields that fund ISIS will never come under the control of the USA as a method of paying for this never ending war. In fact we should take all the oil we can to pay for Obama’s 17 Trillion dollar deficit budget and put the USA back into its leading economic position.There is opportunity, but no one will seize the initiative, until after 2016 , IF a real US president is elected, or until the Iranians bring their nuclear bombs on line in the Gulf.

Obama and his minions are a curse on America. We need rid of them.

I like Fred Nerks analysis , that we should just watch the Islamofascists destroy each other, with one caveate. We should be taking all the oil we can with boots on the ground, so we can pay ourselves for the ordance that must be expended.