Trump lets the generals do their job

Good day all. Last week came the news that a MOAB had been dropped in battle for the first time. What has since come out is that President Trump wasn’t asked for permission to use it beforehand.

This is a far cry from the previous administration where King Putt and every other political hack in his court had to grant permission to destroy the enemy. This led to long delays before the missions were allowed to get underway and in a number of cases, caused the missions to fail or otherwise go sideways. President Trump is not a micro-manager and is letting the military do it’s job. Here are some of the details from Fox News:

U.S. military commanders are stepping up their fight against Islamist extremism as President Donald Trump’s administration urges them to make more battlefield decisions on their own.

As the White House works on a broad strategy, America’s top military commanders are implementing the vision articulated by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis: Decimate Islamic State’s Middle East strongholds and ensure that the militants don’t establish new beachheads in places such as Afghanistan.

“There’s nothing formal, but it is beginning to take shape,” a senior U.S. defense official said Friday. “There is a sense among these commanders that they are able to do a bit more—and so they are.”

While military commanders complained about White House micromanagement under former President Barack Obama, they are now being told they have more freedom to make decisions without consulting Mr. Trump. Military commanders around the world are being encouraged to stretch the limits of their existing authorities when needed, but to think seriously about the consequences of their decisions.

As I see this, commanders can take the imitative. If they see ISIS terrorists and can take them out, they can use whatever tools they need and blow them away. They also have to think about hitting bystanders. The use of the MOAB is a case in point. It was the best way to wipe out a nest of terrorists, and since the tunnels were in the middle of nowhere, the MOAB was the tool to do the job.

The more muscular military approach is expanding as the Trump administration debates a comprehensive new strategy to defeat Islamic State. Mr. Mattis has sketched out such a global plan, but the administration has yet to agree on it. While the political debate continues, the military is being encouraged to take more aggressive steps against Islamic extremists around the world.

So, the message is “We’re working on a long term strategy. Don’t wait for us though. Here’s the basic rules of engagement. Get to work and we’ll make adjustments down the road.” That works for me.

The firmer military stance has fueled growing concerns among State Department officials working on Middle East policy that the Trump administration is giving short shrift to the diplomatic tools the Obama administration favored.

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Removing the carrot from the traditional carrot-and-stick approach, some State Department officials warn, could hamper the pursuit of long-term strategies needed to prevent volatile conflicts from reigniting once the shooting stops.

I think I see a few people that Secretary of State Tillerson may need to invite to seek other opportunities elsewhere. These are the exact same morons that have caused so much trouble for the United States in the Middle East and the rest of the world. Their ideas have been tried, repeatedly, and failed miserably. Now it’s hammering time and ISIS is going to be the nail.

The more aggressive military approach comes as the long slog against Islamic State is bearing fruit. The group is on the back foot in its Iraqi stronghold, Mosul, and is facing a hard battle to defend its de facto Syrian capital, Raqqa.

And now we have a President who understands that he isn’t a military genius, and has hired people who actually are to aid him in making the best decisions possible. Considering his predecessor, who always put politics ahead of everything else, and his predecessor, who was a big supporter of Globalism and managed to screw up several victories, we may actually see Radical Islam beaten into submission.

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