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| We were just following orders -€“ The Joint Chiefs and the War with ISIS |
| 2015-11-29 |
| [Ray Starmann's Defense Watch] Across the world, the War with ISIS is exploding; in Paris, Brussels, in the Middle East and at the US/Mexican border. ISIS continues to attack, attack, attack, following George Patton's motto of "l'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace (audacity, audacity, always audacity). While the world seems to be continually shocked by one ISIS atrocity after another, in the White House, one thing is crystal clear, President Obama has chosen to fight rising seas and disappearing glaciers before taking the fight to the marauding maniacal murderers of ISIS. While the President has been pelted for two weeks for having no strategy to fight ISIS, no one in the press has mentioned the architects of the war against ISIS, the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Oh, those guys... Those guys... Where have they been this whole time? The majority of the air campaign against ISIS was being conducted while former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Martin Dempsey was at the helm of the US Military Titanic. Dempsey certainly knew that flying 10 missions a day against ISIS, 75% of which were turned around, would have no effect on the caliphate. A pack of Cub Scouts could figure that one out, no matter how many times Admiral Kirby was wheeled out with his organ grinder and carnival shell game. Where was the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, General Mark Welsh this whole time? Certainly he knew that the air war against ISIS was no war at all. Where were the Joint Chiefs when Obama pulled out of Iraq, opening up a Pandora's Box into hell? Where were the Joint Chiefs when ISIS made strategic gain after strategic gain in Iraq and Syria and seized more cities and more land? Where were the Joint Chiefs when doctored intelligence from CENTCOM was flowing into the White House faster than a Rocky Mountain river? And, where are the Joint Chiefs now as the President willingly dodges any kind of strategy or war against the most evil threat to peace since the Nazis? After hitting an iceberg and abandoning ship, Dempsey is currently floating down the Potomac in a raft, escaping the carnage and holding a Samsonite full of retirement benefits and the key to his new office at some Beltway defense contractor. Thank you for your service, general. General Joe Dunford, Dempsey's replacement and the last great hope for sanity and strategy to prevail is as quiet as a church mouse. Where has Dunford been the whole time the ISIS surge has been taking place? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 President Obama has chosen to fight rising seas and disappearing glaciers "Boards don't hit back." - Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-11-29 23:23 |
| #2 At that level, they're politicians in uniform. Fortunate for us the founding fathers remembered their history with Charles the First and Cromwell, so they made higher offices subject to the approval of Congress (our Parliament). Congress also has the say on promotions (see - Tailhook). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-11-29 17:04 |
| #1 Bringing up Nuremberg was a tad over the top, methinks. I wonder if Mr. Starmann remembers that there's a practice in a certain branch (or two) known as "malicious obedience." Mr. Obama has a nearly 7-year track record of his relationship with the military. He has 14 or so months left. Do the math. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-11-29 13:19 |