and that there were not two Petraeus's.
Or Peres's?
[I have read the former and only scanned the latter but the topic is tangential* to understanding the Obama Doctrine.]
(Source: Just Foreign Policy/ embedded Jon Stewart)
* link contains typo or unintended pun which works I wager if not waged.
[I must also note no earlier disprespect for Petraeus, only those that linked criticism with not supporting our troops.]
Showing posts with label McChrystal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McChrystal. Show all posts
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
A common thread
No Truman, No McArthur.
Rose Garden
Announcement
The Exit* Strategy?
* somewhere it is suggested that this was McChrystals exit strategy, and I would say one that furthers the President's Afghanistan Exit Strategy.
The Truman Crack? There are limits to what a President can do...legally, but too often politically as well.
[6-24-10 update ** Chain of Command and McChrystal(Military/**MSNBC/Grist)labels added and thread of BP or D-Day? or deeper Ctrl F ?]
Rose Garden
Announcement
The Exit* Strategy?
* somewhere it is suggested that this was McChrystals exit strategy, and I would say one that furthers the President's Afghanistan Exit Strategy.
The Truman Crack? There are limits to what a President can do...legally, but too often politically as well.
[6-24-10 update ** Chain of Command and McChrystal(Military/**MSNBC/Grist)labels added and thread of BP or D-Day? or deeper Ctrl F ?]
Monday, October 05, 2009
Hardball
Follow-up to the Tool Shed 10 AM (PST)today:
Military style: Rumsfeld v. Gates
I don't know if I will find the quote but Rumsfeld noted his style of management as heated or open to heated dialogue. I will only contrast this with what I feel is a more healthy debate. Of course there is no debate as to whom is in charge. (Yeah right!) But I feel that reading between the lines is not so much the problem as actually reading some lines. The short answer? Not. I feel that the actual strategy may be not as much a push back to the administration but a pulling forward (see "shared responsibility) in support of a more robust change. It should also be realized just who are rationals actor and who are less so. I won't characterize any groups by even saying "them" or "us" but I mean those that see violence as the primary tool. And what is military strategy is no longer just in the shadows.
[footnote: chain of command ]
THIS AFTERNOON:
Maj. General Eaton: "healthy debate"[*]
White House Leaving Afghanistan not an option.
Not to mention:
the leak last month.
[*][6-24-10: McChrystal(Chain of Command) labels added]
Military style: Rumsfeld v. Gates
I don't know if I will find the quote but Rumsfeld noted his style of management as heated or open to heated dialogue. I will only contrast this with what I feel is a more healthy debate. Of course there is no debate as to whom is in charge. (Yeah right!) But I feel that reading between the lines is not so much the problem as actually reading some lines. The short answer? Not. I feel that the actual strategy may be not as much a push back to the administration but a pulling forward (see "shared responsibility) in support of a more robust change. It should also be realized just who are rationals actor and who are less so. I won't characterize any groups by even saying "them" or "us" but I mean those that see violence as the primary tool. And what is military strategy is no longer just in the shadows.
[footnote: chain of command ]
THIS AFTERNOON:
Maj. General Eaton: "healthy debate"[*]
White House Leaving Afghanistan not an option.
Not to mention:
the leak last month.
[*][6-24-10: McChrystal(Chain of Command) labels added]
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