=> => > You're not listening Ed. Virtually every general on the => payroll now => > ultimately owes his current position to George W. Bush. => Any general => > who is not doing what the CinC wants is guilty of insubordination, => > trial under the UCMJ, and ultimately death. => > => > So who is in charge? => => Your missing a link in the chain of command. The => Secretary of Defense is above the generals; it is he who => reports to the President. => Boehner stated that the generals were the ones in charge, => and thus the ones to blame for the Iraq mess. => => -- Ed Leafe
It's been a while, so I might be wrong. The Secretary of Defense is not mandated by the Constitution. The Secretary may have as much or as little power as the CinC (who is mandated by the Constitution) allows the Secretary to have. You can try twisting this any way you like, but where I come from (and I believe it applies everywhere), the CinC aka the President aka THE DECIDER has all responsibility for everything that happens in the military. The real culprit here is Wolf Blitzer who did not clarify this concept during the interview AFAIK. HALinNY P.S. I guess this is all related to Kerry's Komment. Jay Leno explained the whole thing best (I think): The only difference between Kerry and Bush is that Bush has said so many stupid things, no one pays any attention anymore. (Paraphrased) _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
