3 out of 4 Secretaries of Defense Confirm O's Military Policy Ran by Inexperienced Political Hacks

[Publius1787]

3 out of Obamas 4 Secretaries of Defense Confirm O Military Policy Ran by Inexperienced Political Hacks

We can remember that the only reason we have Ashton Carter as our current Secretary of Defense is because everyone else he wanted turned him down. Carter wasn't 1st 2nd or 3rd on O's short list for Sec Def's but no one of merit trusted Obama enough to accept the job. They turned him down because Obama has surrounded himself by a bunch of inexperienced political hacks who know nothing about foreign policy. The videos demonstrates that Obama is not only a bad foreign policy manager, but the relatively inexperienced president has surrounded himself with foreign policy nobodies who have his ear. Think about this when you look at Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Crimea, Ukraine, Cuba, Russia, ISIS, and every other Obama foreign policy disaster. He doesn't have the experts running the show. He doesn't trust his generals. He has a bunch of liberal academic egg heads with no tangible foreign policy experience running the show. See video below.



In 2008 the military voted to prevent Obama from becoming their new boss Military Times’ poll shows strong McCain backing. In 2012 they tried to fire their Commander in Chief MILITARY TIMES : R 66% O 26%... - NewsMilitary.com . Obama has earned the disdain the military has for him.

What has Obama done that was so wrong? Relatively speaking.

Removed Mubarak. Removed Qadaffi. Let Iraqi president push him around. Let Iran Ayatollah snooker him. Backed down to Assad and Putin. Let the chinks intimidate him. Failed the Kurds. Failed al Sisi. Fanatsizes an unprecedented coalition. Tangos like a white man....yo.

And how does that compare to the man he replaced?

No doubt Bush and his administration made some mistakes. But his staff was top notch and Obamas foreign policy staff are lacking in experience and credibility within their respected fields. In fact, no serious foreign policy or defense expert wants to work for him which is why he couldn't find the Sec Def of his choice. But your argument is fallacy from beginning to end. The lefts answer for Obamas incompetence is always "look at Bush" as if you could correct a wrong with a perceived wrong. Well we've had 8 years of both, and while Bush did an excellent job of mopping up much of his own mess Obama has taken any and all gains and oversaw the expansion of the largest terrorist network in world history. I suppose the best foreign policy question to ask is are we better/safer than we were 8 years ago? Hell no.

Bush's staff was top notch? are you insane? Bush and his staff collectively made the decision to invade Iraq, the single biggest foreign policy blunder since Vietnam.

Indeed they were. Bush's policy of regime change in Iraq was not only supported by Congress who gave him the authority, but also by the previous administration and their allies.

 

[Publius1787]

Ben Rhodes, Valerie Jarret, Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Denis McDonough....

Not a pair of balls among them....

Lets not forget National Security Adviser Tom Donilon who had zero foreign policy experience. In fact he was a democrat pollster and Fannie/Freddie hack before Obama made him National Security Advisor. Thomas E. Donilon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plus all the Muslims in Obama's cabinet. Also Rep. Andre Carson, a Muslim, on House Select Committee on Intelligence. And others

Indeed, experience takes a back seat to gender, ethnicity, religion and race in the Obama Admin. If he had the choice between a white male protestant foreign policy guru with credentials a mile high and a black Muslim female clerk with a grad degree in foreign studies and an Obama 08 bumper sticker with no experience he would choose the latter to advise him.

Why do you spew nonsense? Is it to entertain the nonsense loving RWnuts on this board?

Because Obama does take into account race, gender, and sexual orientation when making high profile appointments. Think, Supreme Court, Secretary of the Army, & etc.

 

[Timmy]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

 

[Publius1787]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

The 12-Year War: 73% of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan on Obama's Watch

Of course, the deaths of innocent Iraqis have skyrocketed.

 

[Hossfly]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

Fantastic, since the Great General pulled most of the troops out of combat zones.

 

[Timmy]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

Fantastic, since the Great General pulled most of the troops out of combat zones.

Yeah. Per his campaign promise .

Why don't we put the blame where it really belongs . The military . They had 10 years and a blank check to stabilize Iraq and set up a trained army . They failed .

But oooooh no, can't blame the pentagon for anything !!!! It's everyone else's fault !

 

[Stephanie]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

you need to do some research. and millions of men died to give you this Freedom you have now. so Obama is doing us a dis-service just like with everything he's done to us

 

[Publius1787]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

Fantastic, since the Great General pulled most of the troops out of combat zones.

Yeah. Per his campaign promise .

Why don't we put the blame where it really belongs . The military . They had 10 years and a blank check to stabilize Iraq and set up a trained army . They failed .

But oooooh no, can't blame the pentagon for anything !!!! It's everyone else's fault !

The Commander in Chief is ultimately responsible for military policy. Indeed Bush's surge did pacify Iraq and boot out all the jihadi's. Of course, Bush didnt come up with the surge, his commanders did, and he listened. Obama ordered the reversal of this trend. Blame it on the military if you must but I think it is quite clear that Obama didn't take the military's advise. It's awfully hard to fight a war when you Commander in Chief refuses to listen and does not believe in your mission. Or perhaps, places political considerations over their mission.

 

[Timmy]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

you need to do some research. and millions of men died to give you this Freedom you have now. so Obama is doing us a dis-service just like with everything he's done to us

The disservice is sending troops to die in a superfluous war. The whole Iraq thing was an unnecessary disaster. We weren't protecting America .

 

[Timmy]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

Fantastic, since the Great General pulled most of the troops out of combat zones.

Yeah. Per his campaign promise .

Why don't we put the blame where it really belongs . The military . They had 10 years and a blank check to stabilize Iraq and set up a trained army . They failed .

But oooooh no, can't blame the pentagon for anything !!!! It's everyone else's fault !

The Commander in Chief is ultimately responsible for military policy. Indeed Bush's surge did pacify Iraq and boot out all the jihadi's. Of course, Bush didnt come up with the surge, his commanders did, and he listened. Obama ordered the reversal of this trend. Blame it on the military if you must but I think it is quite clear that Obama didn't take the military's advise. It's awfully hard to fight a war when you Commander in Chief refuses to listen and does not believe in your mission.

Why would he ? The pentagon cares about itself . They just want more money and more power .

The American people decided that we wanted out of Iraq . How long should we have stayed ? How many more lives and billions of dollars ?

 

[Publius1787]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

you need to do some research. and millions of men died to give you this Freedom you have now. so Obama is doing us a dis-service just like with everything he's done to us

The disservice is sending troops to die in a superfluous war. The whole Iraq thing was an unnecessary disaster. We weren't protecting America .

I think this is well established, but the question then becomes what to do about the situation that places us in the most favorable position. Obama has failed at this task.

 

[Stephanie]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

you need to do some research. and millions of men died to give you this Freedom you have now. so Obama is doing us a dis-service just like with everything he's done to us

The disservice is sending troops to die in a superfluous war. The whole Iraq thing was an unnecessary disaster. We weren't protecting America .

You don't get to make that up and spew. that's the typical DNC talking point. our military is Volunteers . if they didn't want to go they could bow out I'd imagine. some don't deserve the freedom they enjoy today when they look down on the millions of men who sacrificed their lives for them

 

[Publius1787]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

Fantastic, since the Great General pulled most of the troops out of combat zones.

Yeah. Per his campaign promise .

Why don't we put the blame where it really belongs . The military . They had 10 years and a blank check to stabilize Iraq and set up a trained army . They failed .

But oooooh no, can't blame the pentagon for anything !!!! It's everyone else's fault !

The Commander in Chief is ultimately responsible for military policy. Indeed Bush's surge did pacify Iraq and boot out all the jihadi's. Of course, Bush didnt come up with the surge, his commanders did, and he listened. Obama ordered the reversal of this trend. Blame it on the military if you must but I think it is quite clear that Obama didn't take the military's advise. It's awfully hard to fight a war when you Commander in Chief refuses to listen and does not believe in your mission.

Why would he ? The pentagon cares about itself . They just want more money and more power .

The American people decided that we wanted out of Iraq . How long should we have stayed ? How many more lives and billions of dollars ?

Show me a foreign policy based on the opinions of the American people and I'll show you a lunatic in the White House.

The President is THE Commander in Chief. He is the Pentagon. He has the right to appoint and relieve anyone he wants in the Pentagon. He has the right to shape the Pentagon in any fashion he chooses. Of course, those Generals are tasked with looking to obtain the necessary objects to achieve our military goals. Therefore, they should look after themselves. But if Obama can't trust them, then it reelects poorly on him as a leader.

 

[Timmy]

Troop deaths are at all time lows since 2001.

I'd say Obama is doing a great job!

you need to do some research. and millions of men died to give you this Freedom you have now. so Obama is doing us a dis-service just like with everything he's done to us

The disservice is sending troops to die in a superfluous war. The whole Iraq thing was an unnecessary disaster. We weren't protecting America .

You don't get to make that up and spew. that's the typical DNC talking point. our military is Volunteers . if they didn't want to go they could bow out I'd imagine. some don't deserve the freedom they enjoy today when they look down on the millions of men who sacrificed their lives for them

The problem is that they are volunteers . It makes it easier for politicians to send them out to another God forsaken pointless war .

We should require a draft any time we go to war . Then the pols would think twice before pulling that trigger . Not when their little Johnny's life on the line .