I don't really mind the president heading to Denmark to lobby Olympic officials for Chicago's 2016 bid. I love the Olympics and a part of me would love to have them so close. As a matter of fact, there's some who believe that if Chicago gets the games, St. Louis would be the site of a few events.
But, it is troublesome when you compare Obama going to Denmark, with his speaking only one brief time during his 9 months in office to our Afghanistan general McChrystal.
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And, Heh!
I know you love to bash the President at any opportunity, but this time you're just wrong. And someone much more learned than either you or I agrees.
A leading Army War College historian says the critics are off-base.
“On the whole, presidents utilize their Secretaries of Defense — they exist for a reason — and for the most part confine their direct consultations to their regional combatant commanders,” notes Professor Mark Grimsley, who currently holds the Harold Keith Johnson Chair of Military History at the Army War College. Obama can and does confer regularly with McChrystal’s boss, [U.S. Central Command chief] General David Petraeus, and that’s as it should be… Obama’s practice is thus the rule, not the exception.”
I suspect if BHO was having more drect communication with McChrystal, passing by Petraeus and Gates, some conservative blog would be ridiculing BHO for that; and you'd happily post it here.
Posted by: Rand | September 30, 2009 at 04:51 PM
I still think Mr Obama doesn't waste much time with anything that won't be on the air.
That should be obvious to anybody. Well,maybe not.
Posted by: Kahok | September 30, 2009 at 05:58 PM