MikeK
Gold Member
Somehow I can't imagine Obama fretfully issuing orders to "make sure all those soldiers have no guns when they are around Leon now." Truthfully, and apart from your neo-Conservative orientation, doesn't that seem rather improbable to you?It is unlikely that the commander on the ground was acting in any way other than his own orders, likely from Leon Panetta to got them from obama.
I'll concede to the obscure possibility that Panetta asked for the disarming, in which case he is clearly unfit for the office he holds, but I'm more inclined to believe the source of the order was the General who issued it. And I base that presumption on the General's expressed wish to maintain homogeneity between his Marines and the Afghan troops.
My understanding is the line troops on those forward bases carry their weapons to the messhalls, to church, and to the latrines if they don't have indoor plumbing. Is that true or not true?
If it's true the General has some explaining to do. If it's not true then his order was reasonable.