Posted on 02/16/2009 6:57:54 AM PST by pabianice
A more methodical and independent decision-making style than expected has surprised U.S. military officials.
President Barack Obama is refusing to be rushed into his first decision to send troops into combat, an early sign he may be more independent-minded than U.S. military leaders expected.
The new president's methodical decision-making offers an early insight into how the new commander in chief will approach the war in Afghanistan and has surprised some Pentagon officials, who had predicted repeatedly in the past two weeks that Obama would decide within days on additional forces, only to find the White House taking more time.
Rather than sign off quickly on all or part of a long-standing Pentagon request for three Army combat brigades and Marine units, totaling over 10,000 troops, Obama and his aides are questioning the timetable, the mission and even the composition of the new forces, officials familiar with the deliberations said.
The latest sign of crossed signals occurred Friday, when White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Obama "hasn't made a decision on augmenting our force structure in Afghanistan," three days after Pentagon officials said he would likely do so that week. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Obama's deliberate approach on his first troop decision "entirely appropriate."
Unbelievable.
I guess we’ll have to wait for the next woman to be executed in the soccer stadium for showing her ankle when getting out of a van.
For someone who claims to be a huge fan of Lincoln he seems to manage military affairs more like George McClellan.
Nope. Politico has long become just another Marxist rag.
“President Barack Obama is refusing to be rushed into his first decision to send troops into combat”
Yet we had to rush into the Spending Bill or it would have meant certain catastrophe.
I think Bambi has to talk to Iran first.
Simple translation: He lied during the campaign and now he and his leftist aides are totally screwing with the military.
He is failing in his first challenge as CIC. Come to think of it, we do not have a CIC....
This was not unexpected. At least not by me.
What a pu$$y.
Translation: "I don't have a clue as to what I should do, but as the Messiah I can't admit it. Maybe if I wait long enough it will go away, or I can vote 'Present'".
From the guy who voted present in the IL Senate and missed most of his votes in the US Senate, anyone expected more. Unless it is socialist policy, ZERO has trouble making up his mind or his puppetmaster hasn’t told him what to do yet.
We thought Clinton stuck his finger in the wind, but don’t think we have seen anything yet compared to Mr. Present! ZERO has no backbone and his beliefs are what he is told from what we are seeing.
ZERO says Catepillar will hire back if the stimulus passes and the head of Catepillar says NO. He says what ‘they’ think people want to hear not the facts — another Clinton tactic.
We have the worst of both Carter and Clintons wrapped up in a socialist puppet who cannot make up his mind until someone tells him what to do. Note in the stimulus, he had little to no input and let the socialist Pelosi run with the bill. Then he takes over to sell it when the Dems already had the votes but now it is all theirs along with the RAT Governors.
It is going to be a wild ride the next two years and we need to be starting right now to figure out how we turn things around.
He is the man that promises utopia and brings nothing but destruction in his wake.
Ya, there is a thread somewhere that he is going to drop sanctions against iran now. This probably plays into that.
Wow. What a prez. Never passes up an opportunity to come to the aid of the enemy.
Article should read:
“Obama is off to a hideous start and didn’t want to further alienate his left-wing base by sending any troops into combat.”
Didn’t he drop sanctions against Syria last week as well?
We hang on tight and stay true to ourselves. Obama is a disgrace. That speaks volumes for those who voted for him.
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