sensible foreign policy
Submitted by mattnjaxfl on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 22:15Regarding the idea of a "war-czar" post in president Bush's U.S. government cabinet, Batiste commented: "Standing up a war czar is just throwing in another layer of bureaucracy. Excuse me, but we have a chain of command already and it's time for our leaders to step up and take charge."
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hmmm
What about Clinton (operation desert fox) It just continues from one administration to the next....
I agree with the quote
But I also read the recommended wikipedia entry, as I'm not familiar with this individual. His service to this country is commendable. And I certainly agree with a lot of what he said to Congress - namely about our engaging in war before other alternatives had been exhausted and, in general, poor planning. But in June 2007, re Iraq, he also said, "Secondary interests are that our withdrawal cannot create a humanitarian disaster or an Iraq dominated by another state(s) in the region. This may require a residual force of up to 30,000 US troops for decades to protect the US mission, train and advise the Iraqi security forces, provide a counter balance to unintended consequences of Iran and a greater “Kurdistan”, and take direct action against residual Al Qaeda in Iraq. We cannot walk away from our strategic interests." Most Americans do not want us to be in Iraq for decades.
I posted this because...
I want to remind all of our "Democrat" and "Republican" main stream followers...that our sons and daughters still are in harms way every day and we should head the words of great leaders....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Batiste
hmmm....
Today's tactical gains in Iraq—while a necessary pre-condition for political reconciliation—will crumble without a deliberate and comprehensive strategy". He argues that at the moment, such a strategy does not exist.
Our government leaders have been utterly incompetent....