Sunday, February 01, 2015

Former Secretary of State Clinton needs to listen and watch the testimonies of the generals to the Senate. Evidently, there was legislation passed to order the USA military to put forward positions near embassies to prevent another Benghazi. To begin that is in direct conflict with the way the State Department operates in trusting the country where the embassy exists. That trust is important.

It was more than clear to me the generals were uncomfortable with the orders of placing American soldiers in a forward position to embassies. Not that they didn't think it important or below the esteem of the USA military, but, with the cuts in spending there are less soldiers and the generals were having some degree of trouble conducting assets to those locations. It is worth hearing. Evidently, the all wise Congress didn't bother to get an assessment of the feasibility to carry out those demands. Politics is interfering too much with the military.