Gen. Tom McInerney warns: U.S. military in state of 'confusion' over mixed messages
WND
The Obama administration is sending a consistent stream of mixed messages that leaves members of the U.S. military scratching their heads over what a possible mission in Syria would entail according to retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney.
“Well, I’m thinking confusion,” said McInerney, when asked to describe the mindset of the military as administration statements evolve. “No sound objectives, no clear guidance to the military. I’m thinking large force deployment to ‘unbelievably small.’ So it is very conflicting with no objectives. If you don’t have an objective, then what are you trying to accomplish?”
And the general told WND the message is confusing because the administration is constantly shifting in what any action is designed to accomplish.
“I don’t think they know what they want to do. I think they got swept into this because the president made that off-hand remark about a red line and then all of a sudden he had to justify it. When he lost the British parliament support, he really lost all the international support. Without international support, he really saw his case crumbling,” said McInerney, who noted that Obama’s red line comment was not only ill-advised but not even grounded in any weapons treaties.
“A red line, even with the international agreement against chemical warfare, there were never any red lines in these proclamations, And so now all of a sudden the president made one and that’s what has gotten him in trouble. Yet, even after he made it, they didn’t even go out and come up with a plan with the allies – NATO, U.N., Russia, Chinese, etc., to get them out of it. So now they’re bailing water very, very fast,” he said.
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