Monday, March 03, 2008
Military Advisers; Hillary's vs. Barack's: On Hillary's side, we see ex-General Wesley Clark as a senior advisor for military matters. On Barack's side we see ex-General "Tony" Merrill McPeak.
Ex-General Clark: Led the NATO effort during Kosovo. Almost broke NATO. As interested in attacking the Russians as in defeating the Serbs. Had no plan for what to do after the first five days of the "air war" failed to drive the Serbs out of Kosovo. Finally had to threaten a ground invasion even though he had no plan to do it nor any troops prepared or positioned to do it. Wrote an autobiography that was strangely reminiscent of Forest Gump.
Ex-General McPeak: Broke the Air Force. Destroyed Air Force intelligence. Drove most Air Force intelligence officers out of the service. Claims to fame include mandating v-neck t-shirts for male service members, institution of "TQM", eliminated Air Force Regulations (AFR's) based on TQM and instituted "Air Force Instructions". Investigated as Commander of Pacific Air Forces for misappropriation of funds.
Yep, some quality advisin' going on in the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama camps!
(Thanks again to Sandpaper for the Soul)
Ex-General Clark: Led the NATO effort during Kosovo. Almost broke NATO. As interested in attacking the Russians as in defeating the Serbs. Had no plan for what to do after the first five days of the "air war" failed to drive the Serbs out of Kosovo. Finally had to threaten a ground invasion even though he had no plan to do it nor any troops prepared or positioned to do it. Wrote an autobiography that was strangely reminiscent of Forest Gump.
Ex-General McPeak: Broke the Air Force. Destroyed Air Force intelligence. Drove most Air Force intelligence officers out of the service. Claims to fame include mandating v-neck t-shirts for male service members, institution of "TQM", eliminated Air Force Regulations (AFR's) based on TQM and instituted "Air Force Instructions". Investigated as Commander of Pacific Air Forces for misappropriation of funds.
Yep, some quality advisin' going on in the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama camps!
(Thanks again to Sandpaper for the Soul)
Labels: advisor, Barack Obama, campaign, Clark, Clinton, election, General, Hillary, McPeak, military, Obama, War, Wes, Wes Clark
Sunday, April 29, 2007
General Petraeus Quote: Okay, let's straighten this out right now. If you're going to quote General Petraeus, get the quote right! I keep hearing Democrats quoting him inaccurately as saying "there is no military solution in Iraq".
What he really said:
"There is no military solution ALONE in Iraq".
Meaning there must be political and economic components to the solution. And when properly quoted and in context, you can see the military IS one of the components to the Iraq problem. If you pull the coalition forces out, you STILL HAVE AN INCOMPLETE SOLUTION!
What he really said:
"There is no military solution ALONE in Iraq".
Meaning there must be political and economic components to the solution. And when properly quoted and in context, you can see the military IS one of the components to the Iraq problem. If you pull the coalition forces out, you STILL HAVE AN INCOMPLETE SOLUTION!
Labels: Baghdad, coalition, General, Iraq, Iraqi, military, Patraeus, policy, Solution, War, withdrawl
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Congressman Murtha and Iraq: Congressman Murtha has apparently never actually seen The Constitution. He said today that it's Congress' job to micro-manage the war and the troops in the field.
For the Congressman:
Article 2, Section 2: "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the United States"
There is no mention of an operational roll for Congress in that article and section. A thorough reading of Article 1 reveals the following:
Article 1, Section 7: "To raise and SUPPORT Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two years; to PROVIDE and MAINTAIN a Navy; to make rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for calling forth the militia to execute Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrection, and repel invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of Training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress"
Perhaps Congressman Murtha should actually READ the document he swore to uphold and defend.... just a thought.....
For the Congressman:
Article 2, Section 2: "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the United States"
There is no mention of an operational roll for Congress in that article and section. A thorough reading of Article 1 reveals the following:
Article 1, Section 7: "To raise and SUPPORT Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two years; to PROVIDE and MAINTAIN a Navy; to make rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for calling forth the militia to execute Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrection, and repel invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of Training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress"
Perhaps Congressman Murtha should actually READ the document he swore to uphold and defend.... just a thought.....
Labels: Congress, Constitution, Democrats, Funding, funds, House, Iraq, micro-manage, military, mircomanage, Murtha, Representatives
Monday, April 23, 2007
Harry Reid and Iraq: Okay, quick quiz for you political junkies out there. Name five parties that agree with Harry Reid on Iraq...
1. al-Qaeda
2. Iran
3. Syria
4. non-affiliated insurgents in Iraq
5. George Soros and MoveOn.org
That's quite an ecclectic group! Although one might wonder why it is a sitting U.S. Senator aligns himself with jihadists and tyrants against U.S. service members in the field. One might wonder why he takes to the podium to give speeches that encourage jihadists to continue and even increase their slaughter of innocents and grind down the morale of our own military force. Yep, one might wonder......
1. al-Qaeda
2. Iran
3. Syria
4. non-affiliated insurgents in Iraq
5. George Soros and MoveOn.org
That's quite an ecclectic group! Although one might wonder why it is a sitting U.S. Senator aligns himself with jihadists and tyrants against U.S. service members in the field. One might wonder why he takes to the podium to give speeches that encourage jihadists to continue and even increase their slaughter of innocents and grind down the morale of our own military force. Yep, one might wonder......
Labels: Funding, Harry, Iraq, jihadists, Majority, military, MoveOn, Nevada, redeploy, Reid, Senate, Soros, Supplemental, surrender, timeline, War, withdraw, withdrawl
