Posted on 07/16/2014 2:57:14 PM PDT by John W
It’s highly unusual for a high-ranking soldier, let alone a high-ranking Marine, to publicly question White House and Pentagon policy. Yet that’s exactly what four-star Gen. James Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, did yesterday in Washington.
Speaking at the Brookings Institute Tuesday, Amos said the Obama administration paved the way for the emergence of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) by completely withdrawing American troops in 2011.
“I have a hard time believing that had we been there, and worked with the government, and worked with parliament, and worked with the minister of defense, the minister of interior, I don't think we'd be in the same shape we're in today,” Amos said.
Amos also blasted the White House for failing to live up to its obligations around the world.
“We may think we're done with all of these nasty, thorny, tacky little things that are going on around the world -- and I'd argue that if you're in that nation, it's not a tacky, little thing for you. We may think we're done with them, but they're not done with us," Amos said.
“We're probably the only country in the world that has the resources and the capability to be able to do some of this that others can't,” Amos added.
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He’ll be gone by next week. Watch and see.
Semper fi
Do or die
Stay out of Fort Marcy Park, General!
The story says he’s retiring in the fall. Hence the freedom to criticize.
The General is a suck-up toadie.
He was against repealing DADT one day and leading the charge for faggotry in the Corps the next.
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Its a pity the Corps has been reduced to this.
The general surely had already planned his retirement knowing that a court martial would have proven embarrassing for the Commander-In-Chief.
What is going to be Obama’s call sign?
Maverick?
Being relieved from command and court-martialed for not being sensitive enough to the needs of gay, lesbian and transgendered marines in violation of the new DoD gender and orientation sensitivity regulations in 5, 4, 3, 2 . . . .
I understand that you are upset of the current events going on in the ME. But, the only way to change that is to kill lots of lots of people. If you want peace, advocate for death.
Goodbye General Amos. You are a good man. You’ll be gone before anybody knows it.
Comrade Dip$hit.
OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
Semper Fi, Marine!
ASSHOLE!
Perhaps Amos felt free to voice opinions on White House policy because he is set to retire this fall. Now, his comments are likely to influence the debate within the defense community about how to handle the myriad of crises going on around the world.
0bama’s in the fight...against America.
Early retirement. Career suicide by CIC. /S
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