Posted on 01/21/2013 7:18:42 PM PST by Nachum
Reports indicate that Marine General James Mattis is being forced out of CENTCOM for questioning certain aspects of the Obama administration's Middle East policy.
In particular, it appears his questions surrounding the U.S. response to Iran's nuclear ambitions drew the ire of civilian military and security advisers.
These civilians were apparently upset by the way Mattis pushed them to "consider second and third-order consequences of military action against Iran." Nor did they appreciate the way he pushed them to think long term and consider what the U.S. will do if Iran develops non-nuclear weapons that can be used to keep U.S. ships out of the Persian Gulf.
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Someday, the military is going to get tired of this kind of thing...just saying.
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Normally, I like the fact that our civilian government controls the military. Today, I have the opposite feeling. Especially with the nearby thread (which I do not know is trustworthy) that indicates Obama is only accepting candidates for high-level promotions if they say that they are willing to fire on Americans.
Scary times.
I just can't shake the feeling that Ubama's military meetings go alot like this.
Maybe Mattis got his bet down on the Preakness too soon...
Didn’t happen under Stalin’s purges.
Why do I need to be able to defend myself?
Because Obama keeps firing all of the military commanders who disagree with him!
What happens when “all” of them “agree”?
The sooner the better. I’m tired of waiting.
And by the sheer number of US generals that have fallen over the past two years or so (including McChrystal) , I would say “the won” is winning.
Why worry about little things like long-term goals and objectives? What could possible go wrong? Obama has promised peace in our times. /s
Yeah, sure.
Wish someone would dare to ask him about Libya.
What happens when all of them agree?
Game>set> match. The Sodomites have won and America is lost.
No contest, so far.
Now, we read the military is forced to undergo sensitivity training, and also Buddhist like meditation training, out of Georgetown no less, for lowering stress and increasing recovery from battle trauma & fatigue, and hopefully decreasing suicide.
We don’t really know what all is going on in our military right now, nor being done *to* our military.
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