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May 28, 2004
John Kerry has repeatedly criticized
John Kerry has repeatedly criticized the president for failing to capture or kill Osama vin Laden during the battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan.
Battles are planned and conducted by military commanders in the field. The role of the president and his advisors is to issue broad strategic guidelines. They set policy. It is the job of the military commanders in the field decide how to best achieve the strategy.
During the Vietnam War President Johnson famously bragged that the military "couldn't bomb an outhouse without my permission." He has since been roundly criticized for micromanaging the war. For a guy who speaks ad nauseum about Vietnam, Kerry seems not to have learned much from it. If taken at his word, he is saying that he would supervise battlefield operations.
Posted by Tom at May 28, 2004 8:26 AM
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