Somebody Watched Too Many Episodes of ‘The West Wing’?

by ~ The Rebel ~ Posted 2012/05/30 16:30:14

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The closer we get to the election, the more the White House rewrites the notion of “state secrets.” First there was the sneak-peek of Osama bin Laden’s mail. Then there were complaints about supplying Hollywood with inside information for a film version of the raid on bin Laden’s compound. Now, The New York Times reports key details of how the president is running his private war against al Qaeda. Among the revelations is that the president is personally signing-off on a “kill list” of when, where, and which high-ranking al Qaeda operatives will be targeted.

In part, many will recoil at what seems to be a crass political ploy to leak information that portrays the president as a hands-on, effective commander-in-chief. Indeed, the Oval Office seems to routinely target The New York Times for trumpeting alleged foreign policy accomplishments. There is, however, a deeper and more troubling concern. It all sounds a bit too much like LBJ picking targets for the Pentagon during the Vietnam War.

From a practical stand point, it is as big a mistake for a president to try to run the war out of the Oval Office as it was for fat generals to command their troops in the trenches from their Chateaus behind the lines.

U-Dog 2012/05/30 16:49:57

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And still nothing but cricket chirps from the anti-war crowd.... I guess they are only allowed out to play when there is a repub in the white house.

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