FinallyRetired
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Well folks, this Administration has hit the bottom. After misusing Powell, letting Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, and the other neocons run amuck, hiring Gates, saying it's all up to Petraeus, etc, etc, we now have ... a War Czar!!
So this General Lute is an active duty three star, reports directly to the President, works for the JCS so he also reports to CJCS who is supposed to be the chief military advisor to the President, belongs to the NSC along with SECDEF and CJCS, both of whom he reports to, and is top dog for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; I suppose in spite of what CENTCOM or Petraeus want to do.
I would love to see the Power Points for this one!! I really don't think this is even legal per USC Title 10.
Oh, and he was skeptical of the troop buildup besides. I guess he hasn't lost all his marbles yet, which I'm sure is a temporary situation.
White House Names General to Be ‘War Czar’
WASHINGTON, May 15 — The White House said this afternoon that President Bush ended his lengthy search for a “war czar” to carry out Iraq and Afghanistan policy by offering the job to an active duty three-star Army general who said in his interview that he had been skeptical of the troop buildup in Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/washington/15cnd-warczar.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
So this General Lute is an active duty three star, reports directly to the President, works for the JCS so he also reports to CJCS who is supposed to be the chief military advisor to the President, belongs to the NSC along with SECDEF and CJCS, both of whom he reports to, and is top dog for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; I suppose in spite of what CENTCOM or Petraeus want to do.
I would love to see the Power Points for this one!! I really don't think this is even legal per USC Title 10.
Oh, and he was skeptical of the troop buildup besides. I guess he hasn't lost all his marbles yet, which I'm sure is a temporary situation.
White House Names General to Be ‘War Czar’
WASHINGTON, May 15 — The White House said this afternoon that President Bush ended his lengthy search for a “war czar” to carry out Iraq and Afghanistan policy by offering the job to an active duty three-star Army general who said in his interview that he had been skeptical of the troop buildup in Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/washington/15cnd-warczar.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin