{"id":24953,"date":"2011-06-24T09:14:21","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T13:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=24953"},"modified":"2011-06-24T09:27:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T13:27:05","slug":"military-leadership-disagrees-with-astan-withdrawal-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=24953","title":{"rendered":"Military leadership disagrees with A’stan withdrawal plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Admiral Mullen and General Petraeus went on the Congressional Record as admitting that President Obama made his withdrawal plan against the advice of his top military advisers. According to the New York Times<\/a>, Mullen said;<\/p>\n

“The president’s decisions are more aggressive and incur more risk than I was originally prepared to accept,” Admiral Mullen said.<\/p>\n

“More force for more time is, without doubt, the safer course,” he added. “But that does not necessarily make it the best course. Only the president, in the end, can really determine the acceptable level of risk we must take. I believe he has done so.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Petraeus added;<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are broader considerations beyond those just of a military commander,\u201d General Petraeus told the Senate Intelligence Committee. \u201cThe commander in chief has decided, and it is then the responsibility, needless to say, of those in uniform to salute smartly and to do everything humanly possible to execute it.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the Washington Post<\/a>, Robert Kagan writes;<\/p>\n

It bears repeating that the deadline imposed by the president has nothing to do with military or strategic calculation. It has everything to do with an electoral calculation. President Obama wants those troops out two months before Americans go to the voting booth.<\/p>\n

This may prove a disastrous political calculation, too, however. If the war is going badly in the summer and fall of 2012, it will be because of the decision the president made this week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, it’s not the president who has much at risk – he’ll only lose an election at worst. The troops are the ones who are going to pay the ultimate price with their lives and limbs as the chance that they’ll be injured increases as the number of troops draws down and the Taliban keep one collective eye on the calender. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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