(a) No US soldier WANTS to remain in Iraq. Nobody hates their family back home that much.
and
(b) It's not the military's call in the first place. We have a civilian leadership of the army, and the army's job is to follow the orders of that leadership.
IRT Libya, any semblance of "leading from the front" - like McCain is talking about - was quashed* by several members of Congress threatening action against the President under the War Powers Act (which I believe is a resolution, actually).
* Actually, 1) some tentative actions WERE taken... then withdrawn... when 2) Obama showed his actions weren't of the nature that could be prosecuted... which 3) they WOULD have been in McCain's scenario.
(a) No US soldier WANTS to remain in Iraq. Nobody hates their family back home that much.
and
(b) It's not the military's call in the first place. We have a civilian leadership of the army, and the army's job is to follow the orders of that leadership.
viruscauser 5 months ago
IRT Libya, any semblance of "leading from the front" - like McCain is talking about - was quashed* by several members of Congress threatening action against the President under the War Powers Act (which I believe is a resolution, actually).
* Actually, 1) some tentative actions WERE taken... then withdrawn... when 2) Obama showed his actions weren't of the nature that could be prosecuted... which 3) they WOULD have been in McCain's scenario.
voyeurdug 5 months ago