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"As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists," Bush told a supportive audience at the U.S. Naval Academy. "These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-30-bush_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA
A shift in WH policy? I was heaing before the troops would be withdrawn when the mission was completed, when we had victory. Now the president seems to be saying the commanders on the ground will be making the decisions.
Who is the CiC? Why are the commanders on the ground making these crucial decisions about the war in Iraq? Does the commander on the ground really going to make an objective assessment if he knows the wishes of his boss? I appreciate that for military decisions the opinions of the generals are certainly valuable, but it seems to me this is doing more than just saying he will consider their input in making the decision. And there is certainly more to consider on what to do in Iraq that simply the military perspective of the ground commander.
It sounds to me like Bush is fobbing off responsibility for the decision in Iraq so he can take the political heat off himself.
Whatever happened to: "the buckaroo stops here?"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-30-bush_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA
A shift in WH policy? I was heaing before the troops would be withdrawn when the mission was completed, when we had victory. Now the president seems to be saying the commanders on the ground will be making the decisions.
Who is the CiC? Why are the commanders on the ground making these crucial decisions about the war in Iraq? Does the commander on the ground really going to make an objective assessment if he knows the wishes of his boss? I appreciate that for military decisions the opinions of the generals are certainly valuable, but it seems to me this is doing more than just saying he will consider their input in making the decision. And there is certainly more to consider on what to do in Iraq that simply the military perspective of the ground commander.
It sounds to me like Bush is fobbing off responsibility for the decision in Iraq so he can take the political heat off himself.
Whatever happened to: "the buckaroo stops here?"