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NanoPost: Commanders On The Ground

31 July, 2008. 72 words.

It occurs to me that there is a serious flaw with politicians deferring to military commanders on the ground when it comes to Iraq: It undermines the principle that the U.S. is a civilian government. This isn’t Burma, after all. Obviously you want military commanders leading military campaigns… but foreign policy? Five years after the end of major combat operations? (No, I still don’t believe the situation in Iraq is a “war.”)

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