The military needs clear orders. The president (or whatever the druggie in our White House deserves to be called) can ask for recommendations, but he needs to give an order ... which can be a standing order. I'd like rules of engagement that give the military orders to "take the shot" whenever an American is kidnapped by pirates and the opportunity is present, since the act of kidnapping as part of piracy implies an immediate danger to the lives of the hostages, but there needs to be guidance from the commander-in-chief, or in this case from the community-organizer-in-chief.
SeaHawkFan said in post #96 — If I was president I would have not needed a briefing. I would have told the DoD to take care of it any way they thought best and then tell them to get on it.
Then, TurtleUp said in reply — The military needs clear orders. The president (or whatever the druggie in our White House deserves to be called) can ask for recommendations, but he needs to give an order ... which can be a standing order.
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I was watching “The Missiles of October” last night (once again, after several times before...). It’s about the US/USSR standoff regarding Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba (true story, of course... for those who might not know... LOL...). It was based upon records of the conversations and pretty much “kept to the script” — so it was a good insight as to how the President interacts and works with his Cabinet, the military and diplomats through a crisis situation.
People should review that situation and sit through the movie to get some insights as to how things go (and they *actually did go* the way the presentation showed it...)
I decided to review that again, considering what Obama was probably doing behind the scenes for this particular event and especially since I had put together the “Presidential Crises” list a few days before...
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A recent post that I did...
Well, an interesting thing happened on the way to Free Republic for me, a few days ago..., it just started with a simple post and two little items on it... I never intended for the following list to come about... LOL...
Here’s where it all started, and then some FReepers started giving me some more events.. :-)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2226437/posts?page=5#5
THEN... it turned into this...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2226437/posts?page=135#135
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Oh..., and I decided to watch the docudrama — “The Missiles of October”. One should watch that one (or watch it again, if you have already seen it) to see how a “real crisis” happened and all the backroom scenes of how the President’s office works in solving the crisis... :-)