Read up on Dempsey.....you will find he lacks Wedding Tackle when it would be quite useful for the Troops if he did.
The place for Dempsey and others in the Military to contradict Obama is in very private, secure locations. They should be quite willing to stand up and tell the unqualified truth to Obama. That is their job....to ensure the President makes decisions based upon as much accurate information as possible.
Think about this for a minute.
Due to Budget cuts before Sequestration.....the US DOD made the decision to limit our Strategy of fighting Two Wars simultaneously to just a single War. Add in Sequestration Cuts, that Single War strategy is degraded to some extent.
We are engaged in a War in Afghanistan yet....and despite Obama declaring the War on Terror being over....that "War" continues.
Here we are pushing for an Attack on Syria....which is backed by Iran directly, and Russia directly. Is there anyone who doubts our Attack on Syria will not provoke Iran, Hezbollah, and even perhaps Russia to expand their support of Syria and even for Iran and Hezbollah to attack Israeli and American interests and people?
If this attack provokes and escalation of hostilities in the Middle East....is the US Military capable of responding adequately?
Dempsey of all people in the United States should have been able to clearly lay out the case for the Tactical and Strategic Objectives for this Attack. Even if he did not believe in them himself....he should have been able to articulate the Objectives ....because if you cannot do that....how in the hell do you think you know what you are doing?
No...in my View Dempsey is way out of his water....just as is Hagel and Kerry.
This situation scares me no end.
Last edited by SASless; 4th Sep 2013 at 23:40.