Obama Officials Pull Sick Move Against Military, Commanders Reply, “Go to Hell”
President Barack Obama has made it his mission to shrink our military ever since day one in office, leaving America and its servicemen vulnerable to attacks both at home and abroad.
Now, several top officials have begun speaking out about their experience with the Obama administration and telling America about the sick actions Barack Obama is taking against our military.
Three former defense secretaries under Obama — Robert Gates, Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel — all spoke to Fox News about the deficiencies in Barack Obama’s military strategy. They talked about micromanaging from the White House, the second-guessing of military commanders out in the field, and inexperienced staff making crucial calls on the military.
It was the operational micromanagement that drove me nuts, of White House and senior NSC staffers calling commanders out in the field and asking them questions, of second-guessing commanders,” Gates said in the interview, which was published April 6.
Gates, who was secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011, was also a deputy national security adviser to Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in the first Bush administration.
“When I was deputy national security adviser, I would have tried to — even as deputy — if I had tried to call a field commander going around Dick Cheney, who was Secretary of Defense, or Colin Powell, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs, I’d have had my head handed to me, probably personally by the president,” Gates said.
Gates said what he would tell field commanders to do if they received such a call.
“(If) you get a call from a White House or National Security Council staffer, you tell them to call me instead,” Gates said. “And then tell them, ‘Oh, by the way, go to hell.’”
Panetta, meanwhile, talked about a culture where currying favor with the president would get minor staffers more influence with Obama than even the secretary of defense.
“Very frankly, proximity is everything when you’re operating at the White House,” Panetta said. “The person who’s closest to the president has greater influence than even a cabinet member.”
“Staff people try to read what the president wants, and then try through the backdoor (to) influence the direction of policy,” he continued. “What that does is it undermines the very process that a president needs in order to get the best discussion and information possible.”
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Hagel, meanwhile, talked of inexperience — both of Obama and his staff.
“President Obama, he’s one of the youngest presidents we’ve ever had, one of the most inexperienced presidents we’ve ever had,” Hagel said. “He has a staff around him that is very inexperienced.”
“I don’t think there’s one veteran on his senior staff at the White House. I don’t believe there’s one businessperson. I don’t believe there’s one person who’s ever run anything,” he added.
These are the three men who have served as secretary of defense under Obama who are free to speak out. They all tell a tale of an administration that actively works against the military.
It’s past time for the Obama administration to go to hell. Please like and share on Facebook and Twitter if you agree.
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