I served in the Army honorably from ‘84 to ‘87. I never thought of my service as just a “job” or getting a paycheck. I was extremely patriotic. Reagan was president and I remember when we bombed Kadafi in Libya. I was never afraid to go to war because I knew Reagan was willing to use high-tech bombs to defeat the enemy. Bush, on the other hand, seems to be content with throwing human bodies in front of bullets. With the most high-tech weapons on Earth, I don’t feel that he is a ground-level foot sodiers commander in chief. Instead, he is a do-nothing executive type. Where is Ike when we need him? If Bush were president during WWII we would be speaking German now. And why isn’t he defending the USMC soldiers who are being charged with firing too many bullets at the enemy? He should stand up and be a true Commander In Chief!!!!!
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That is one area I give both Bush’s very high marks for. They both let Generals run wars and don’t micromanage from the White House. The worst was definitely LBJ by those standards. Liberals don’t trust the military and thus micromanage. That is why conservatives tend to make better Commanders in Chief.
i consider him to be a good douche and a good lunatic but not a good c.i.c.
No, defenitely not.
nope
No, but he would be a great used car salesman!!
He is the Commander in Chief regardless of any opinion.
As long as he’s President of the USA, one is bound to respect the position. But, that’s only my opinion, any one can have an opinion, in a democracy.
As you have already written, not in a million years.
I thought he has been but HERES SOMEONE THAT IS A BETTER JUDGE THAN I:::::::::::::::::::::NewsMax: Let’s talk about President Bush’s leadership traits. You have consistently complimented the Commander-in-Chief, calling him a “true leader.”
Gen. Franks: I commented that way while I worked for George W. Bush and I still comment in that fashion. I think it takes a variety of things … when we think about whether our presidents have been great leaders or good leaders or not very good leaders.
I think that there are a couple of interesting ingredients – one is just what you see every day. We see constant dialogue on our television sets, and in the newspapers we read every day about the views as to whether this president is a good president or bad president. But I think historians have a much more in-depth approach.
As we go through history and people look at the present administration, the factor that will always play into it is the context within which this president had to lead the country. You and I both know, if you think about the events of 9/11 and this attack on America, that is a heck of a context within which a president serves his country, and in my view George W. Bush has done the job with honesty and integrity.
As I have told a great many people, I am neither Democrat nor Republican. In fact, I am a registered Independent. I have been so and foresee that I will stay that way. But I do respect the work that this president has done during a very, very difficult period of American history.
NewsMax: I had the privilege of interviewing Richard Perle a couple of weeks ago and we got on the same leadership failure discussion. He said that some of Bush’s advisors failed the president. He got bum advice and acted on it. Is that the case, in your opinion?
Gen. Franks: I don’t think so. Knowing George W. Bush as I know him, and I would say that I know him pretty well, I never saw the President steam-rolled. There is a lot of media speculation that the advisers all got together and pushed one agenda or another and I simply did not see that to be the case.
I found the mind of George W. Bush to be very curious, and intellectually demanding. He did not want his people to line up to say, “oh yes, we should take this course of action,” but rather to have people argue for various courses of action.
I found him to be not only studious but very thoughtful as I watched him carefully factor in everything that he was told and make decisions.
GWB is far from a good commander and chief.
He should be impeached.
…and that’s why you’re in the army and not an intellectual.
hell no!!!!