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As the American-led battle against ISIS stretches into its fourth month, the generals and Pentagon officials leading the air campaign and preparing to train Syrian rebels are working under strict White House orders to keep the war contained within policy limits.
The National Security Council has given precise instructions on which rebels can be engaged, who can be trained, and what exactly those fighters will do when they return to Syria. Most of the rebels to be trained by the U.S. will never be sent to fight against ISIS.
Making matters worse, military officers and civilian Pentagon leaders say, is the ISIS war's decision-making process, run by National Security Advisor Susan Rice. It's been manic and obsessed with the tiniest of details
Officials talk of sudden and frequent meetings of the National Security Council and the so-called "Principals Committee" of top defense, intelligence, and foreign policy officials (an NSC and three PCs in one week this month); a barrage of questions from the NSC to the agencies that create mountains of paperwork for overworked staffers; and NSC insistence on deciding minor issues even at the operational level.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...-white-house-micromanagement-of-isis-war.html
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Shades of LBJ’s “Tuesday Lunch Club” who approved every airstrike and bombing plan during Vietnam
Oh right, we're not trying to "win" - just 'contain and degrade' until the next administration comes along to clean up his mess. Worst CIC, ever.
The National Security Council has given precise instructions on which rebels can be engaged, who can be trained, and what exactly those fighters will do when they return to Syria. Most of the rebels to be trained by the U.S. will never be sent to fight against ISIS.
Making matters worse, military officers and civilian Pentagon leaders say, is the ISIS war's decision-making process, run by National Security Advisor Susan Rice. It's been manic and obsessed with the tiniest of details
Officials talk of sudden and frequent meetings of the National Security Council and the so-called "Principals Committee" of top defense, intelligence, and foreign policy officials (an NSC and three PCs in one week this month); a barrage of questions from the NSC to the agencies that create mountains of paperwork for overworked staffers; and NSC insistence on deciding minor issues even at the operational level.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...-white-house-micromanagement-of-isis-war.html
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Shades of LBJ’s “Tuesday Lunch Club” who approved every airstrike and bombing plan during Vietnam
Oh right, we're not trying to "win" - just 'contain and degrade' until the next administration comes along to clean up his mess. Worst CIC, ever.