Friday, May 22, 2009

Has Obama Been "Rolled By The Generals?"



From CBS News:

Marc Ambinder: Some On The Left Believe Obama Has Been Too Deferential To Military, But There's Some Evidence To The Contrary

In her latest column, The New York Times’s Maureen Dowd, channeling “Dick Cheney,” writes of President Barack Obama: “He's a sucker for four-star generals, can't resist anyone in uniform. Petraeus and Odierno speak and he jumps. If we want to roll him, we just send in the military brass flashing their medals.”

In Washington parlance, Dowd, a political liberal, is bemoaning the fact that Obama regularly gets “rolled by the generals” - or fell victim to legerdemain because he could not resist the chestfuls of shiny medals and the exaggerated deference to him shown by the commanders of his armed forces.

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My Comment: The short answer ..... NO! and definitely NOT.

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