In a rare criticism of the Commander-in-Chief, Gen. James Amos slammed the administration’s Iraq policy at an event last week. The Commandant of the Marine Corps commented, according to The Fiscal Times: I have a hard time believing that had we been there, and worked with the government, and worked with parliament, and worked with the minister of defense, the minister of interior, I don’t think we’d be in the same shape we’re in today. We may think we’re done with all of these nasty, thorny, tacky little things that are going on around the world — and I’d argue that if you’re in that nation, it’s not a tacky, little thing for you. We may think we’re done with them, but they’re not done with us. Retired Col. Oliver North said on the Kelly File that such comments by an active duty officer are almost unprecedented. Senior officers on active duty rarely ever speak this way. I can think of MacArthur to Truman. I can think of Major General Jack Singlaub, who actually resigned his commission and then spoke about abandoning Korea to President Carter. But he…had resigned his commission to make that speech. That Gen. Amos would speak out while still on active duty shows how strongly he feels about the setbacks Iraq has faced. Audio follows below:
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:31:50 +0000