Latest Breaking News

Kurska

(5,739 posts)

2. Totally disagree, the Obama doctrine is the way of the future.

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 11:33 PM

Feb 2012

A couple hundred men and predator drones do what would normally take hundreds of thousands. The united states has obligations to protect it's interests and it's allies, this is the only way to do it cheaply.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

46 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Admiral Over Special Forces Pushes for a Freer Hand [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2012 OP

This Is A Bad Idea 1ProudAtheist Feb 2012 #1

Totally disagree, the Obama doctrine is the way of the future. Kurska Feb 2012 #2

We tried that, it is partly what led to WWII and things like concentration camps. cstanleytech Feb 2012 #3

Uhm... kenfrequed Feb 2012 #22

Check out this link cstanleytech Feb 2012 #23

The request is only relevant to foreign policy because it's a result of the directives. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #4

Semi-covert US military presence - and action - in every country of the world? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #12

totally agree. stay the hell out of other people's lives; and deaths. marasinghe Feb 2012 #6

Kosovo denbot Feb 2012 #20

Ron Paul posts on DU! Who knew? 24601 Feb 2012 #29

I think this is more of a chain of command issue Sgent Feb 2012 #5

More than that: let some little individual decide what nations to invade? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #11

Dumb. They need to work with the rest of the military and the State Dept. TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #7

Hey Admiral, If you want a FREED Hand... Grassy Knoll Feb 2012 #8

No Commander in Chief should allow any subordinate autonomous deployment of force. denbot Feb 2012 #9

+1 n/t Marcel Feb 2012 #42

Foreign military deployment on a whim of an admiral, what can possibly go wrong here? Fool Count Feb 2012 #10

He'd better be making daily reports to: DNI/POTUS; Chiefs; Sen. Intel. Comm. Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #15

Combatant Commanders report directly to the Secretary of Defense 24601 Feb 2012 #28

Freer hand? Bohunk68 Feb 2012 #13

People think this is a wonderful thing? OnyxCollie Feb 2012 #24

Ah, turf wars! Those regional commanders don't like it when someone is operating in their theatre! MADem Feb 2012 #14

You couldn't be more wrong. Your place in the line of Presidential Succession 24601 Feb 2012 #30

Who is talking about presidential succession? Way to completely not understand my point. MADem Feb 2012 #35

This totally sucks dreamnightwind Feb 2012 #16

What he really wants is for the Commander in Chief to be unnecessary in the processes lunatica Feb 2012 #17

I love a good laugh - you're telling us that you didn't know that the SECDEF 24601 Feb 2012 #31

Your post is alphabet and word salad lunatica Feb 2012 #32

At people, never! At things that are said, absolutely! Let me know which terms 24601 Feb 2012 #38

What part of lunatica Feb 2012 #39

Silly me for believing you the 1st time. Sorry I mistook you for someone who 24601 Feb 2012 #40

Military organization and command are technical and legal in nature hack89 Feb 2012 #44

Oh please! lunatica Feb 2012 #45

"Slow motion military coup" is the kind of silliness that stems from ... hack89 Feb 2012 #46

I wonder if the unspoken proposal here is more reliance on the mercenary firms... Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #18

This is why military leaders need to be subordinate to accountable politicians. bemildred Feb 2012 #19

At least its been declassified, to be thrown out to the public for discussion Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #21

If McRaven's asking for this, OnyxCollie Feb 2012 #25

Past or future? It's timely to look at this now. It's offered up for public commentary, after all. Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #26

It's a trial balloon for the new normal. OnyxCollie Feb 2012 #27

It doesn't work. Tripod Feb 2012 #34

It worked in Libya. OnyxCollie Feb 2012 #36

Us has done this over,and over again. Tripod Feb 2012 #37

Who specifically made that claim? 24601 Feb 2012 #41

This is a good idea. n/t Tripod Feb 2012 #33

This is crossing the Rubicon. Citizen Worker Feb 2012 #43