Mr. President, YOU are the Commander-in-Chief. This is YOUR job to make the big decisions.
David Broder had an interesting column today about the war. He ended it with a paragraph which I agree totally. To excerpt, "Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968 with a promise to end the Vietnam War. And if George Bush doesn't do it, a Democrat will win in 2008 with a promise to end the war in Iraq."
Though people need understand...this is not about CINC GWB looking for others to make decisions....He is the decision maker and is more then comfortable at carrying that burden. This is about the transfer of information...and the information flow between Dept's, etc.
Bottom line is SecState and SecDef need to step the hell up - There is no reason at their pay grade for the need to create an official "hand-holder" for the two....
You’re kidding, right? This is the same ridiculous argument that Hillary Clinton offers. All of a sudden, we leave Iraq and the war on terror is magically over. Foolishness, although I do agree that this particular argument sounds more like a problem w/ the role of the Secretary of Defense.
Let’s kill two birds w/ one stone and return to calling our ‘Defense Dept.’ the War Dept. This will also anger Dems and the media, thus providing some entertainment value.