The General openly contradicts his CIC position.
Truman fired McArthur for such insubordination.
What a train wreck this whole thing is. And it hasn’t even barely begun.
Dempsey has said Obama told him to come to him on a case-by-case basis if the air strikes fail to achieve. In other words, he’ll eventually get the green light for ground troops in combat. It’s when, not if, because the air strikes cannot achieve anything without ground troops to solidify gains, and the Iraqi national troops have a lousy track record. They were the ones who lost the country in the first place.
Hmmmm....wondering if that is just so the “O” can have no culpability if something goes awry.....??? Plausible deniability?