Guess who wants to micromanage the war?
they have GOT to be kiddin'...
bush has said repeatedly that the commanders are in charge, and has recently been hyperventilating about what he calls attempts by congress to "micromanage" the war... so the solution to the iraq/afghanistan unholy mess is to put in someone in at white house staff level who will tell the pentagon and state department what to do...? what this demonstrates to me is simply one more effort to politicize every executive branch agency and force submission to centralized political control... what else could it possibly be...?
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The White House wants to appoint a high-profile overseer to manage the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but has had trouble finding someone to take the job, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
At least three retired four-star generals approached by the White House in recent weeks have turned down the position, the report said.
The war "czar" would report directly to President George W. Bush and national security adviser Stephen Hadley and would have authority to issue directions to the Pentagon and the State Department, the newspaper said.
Retired Marine Gen. John "Jack" Sheehan, a former top NATO commander, was among those who rejected the job, the newspaper reported.
"The very fundamental issue is, they don't know where the hell they're going," Sheehan told the Post.
bush has said repeatedly that the commanders are in charge, and has recently been hyperventilating about what he calls attempts by congress to "micromanage" the war... so the solution to the iraq/afghanistan unholy mess is to put in someone in at white house staff level who will tell the pentagon and state department what to do...? what this demonstrates to me is simply one more effort to politicize every executive branch agency and force submission to centralized political control... what else could it possibly be...?
Labels: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pentagon, State Department, Stephen Hadley, White House
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4/11/2007
