President Barack Obama meets with Gen. Raymond Odierno, Commanding General, United States Forces-Iraq, in the Oval Office, June 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Pentagon Backlash: Why Are Top Military Leaders Attacking Obama’s Foreign Policy? -- Husna Haq, Christian Science Monitor
Gen. Ray Odierno, the US Army Chief of Staff, is the latest Pentagon official to criticize President Obama's foreign policy. Is that unusual?
On Tuesday, Gen. Ray Odierno, the US Army Chief of Staff, publicly questioned President Obama’s plan to reduce the size of America’s ground-combat forces, joining a growing chorus of current and former administration officials speaking out against Obama’s foreign policy.
Speaking at a news conference during the annual meeting of the Association of the U.S. Army, Odierno cited new threats in the world that forestall the shrinking of the Army, as Obama has repeatedly called for.
“The world is changing in front of us. We have seen Russian aggression in Europe, we have seen ISIS, we have seen increased stability in other places,” General Odierno told the gathered crowd. “So I now have concern whether even going below 490,000 [troops] is the right thing to do or not, because of what I see potentially on the horizon.”
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My Comment: This is unprecedented .... especially on the sheer number of officials who are now openly voicing their opinions and analysis that differ from President Obama's. But for reasons that he is keeping to himself .... President Obama is letting them do this (for now).
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Obama is weak man.
We have our 3rd confirmed case of ebola. Entero virus is the biggest outbreak the U.S. has seen. Kobane is falling, the DOW is below 16,000.
The polls ticked up for Obama n the last 2 or 3 days, but they will go south again.
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