“Because of that centralization of authority at the White House, there are too few voices that are being heard.”<\/p>\n
Without naming the Obama administration, Panetta said that “by the time you get to the White House, the staff has already decided” what should be done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, well, at this point it doesn’t matter. Panetta is a Clintonista and the only reason that he is coming out now against Obama is to distance the Clinton Democrats from the failed Obama Democrats in the run up to the political season. Gates’ opposition is purely personal. Both of them are too late. If either had the country’s best interests in their hearts, they would have said something when it could have made a difference rather than waiting until the damage is irreversible.<\/p>\n
“My concern in terms of this relationship of the White House and the military is not on the big issues,” Gates told an audience at the presidential foundation in Simi Valley, California.<\/p>\n
“It’s in the increasing desire of the White House to control and manage every aspect of military affairs.”<\/p>\n
He compared the Obama administration to that of Lyndon Johnson, who “personally chose” military targets in the Vietnam war.<\/p>\n
“It was the micromanagement that drove me crazy,” Gates said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Too little, too late, Bob. You always have to micromanage a fraud.<\/p>\n
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