A foolish man is a foolish man, regardless of military background. A
president, civilian his whole life or not, makes decisions based on the
advice of his aides/advisors. If he chooses to ignore that advice then he
is a fool. If I were a history major I would now list out all of the former
military types who were leaders of their country who made foolish mistakes
at a time of war. But hey, I guess its a consolation to those soldiers who
die following fools knowing that they were following someone wearing a
uniform.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: George Kaytor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 11:02 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Waaay OT: US elections (soap boxish)
I don't know. If I had all the answers I'd be richer then bill gates :).
Maybe the chief of staffs? Maybe abolish the chief of staff which is
political appointed( I think not sure). How about having the highest ranking
officer in each branch get together and vote for a chief. That chief has
full control over military actions. When the majority of congress votes to
enter a conflict, the chief takes over. This way you have an expert leading
the operation instead of a novice.
-George
>From: "Bruce Heerssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Waaay OT: US elections (soap boxish)
>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:13:51 -0600
>
>
> > Maybe it was a bad idea to make the president commander of all armed
>forces.
> >
> >
>The armed forces are under civilian control by deliberate design.
>Militaries,
>however, cannot be effectively run by committee because the need for action
>can
>quickly outpace a committee's ability to respond. Someone has to be in firm
>control at the top; so if it's not the president (the top elected
>civilian), who
>then? Who else should we trust with the security of our nation?
>
>
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