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  • Posted by johnpe1 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    in my training, it was NCA, for National Command
    Authority -- the president, the SecDef, the chair
    of the JCS ... -- j

    p.s. and. of course, we understand your view of the birth certificate.


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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm certain John Galt wouldn't insist on it. It would be contrary to his philosophy.

    I'm equally certain John Galt would prefer the issue seldom if ever had to come up.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Obama's not POTUS; he can't issue orders to deploy, because he's not in the TOC, the chain of command, because Obama's not POTUS.

    Obeying Obama's orders would be violating his oath as an officer.

    Only one man in my memory had the courage of his convictions to keep to his oath:
    http://www.jefflindsay.com/MichaelNew.sh...
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  • Posted by johnpe1 11 years ago
    my usaf retirement doc is signed by slick willie. we
    do not hang things like that on the wall. this family
    deserved privacy from our president and vp, and
    I am actually glad that they got it. -- j

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  • Posted by starguy 11 years ago
    Maybe if the funeral had been held at the golf course, the Commander-in-Thief might have been there?
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  • Posted by peterchunt 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    The first senior officer killed since Vietnam, and you don’t think our President should have a attended? I think you are wrong.
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  • Posted by peterchunt 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I consider it a disgrace that the President did not attend this funeral. It goes to show his disdain for the military. I have always said watch his actions and not his words.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Unfortunately the reporting of this article is wrong.Def, Sec, Hagel went, and the information about Bush and Nixon’s past attendances at a military funeral are erroneous. I just learned this http://washingtonexaminer.com/twitter-ob...
    I still stand by it’s better that he didn’t go. He wasn’t needed. I still feel sick to my stomach when I think of him standing over Ambassador Stevens body talking about a video.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 11 years ago
    There was no political advantage for him to be there. Now, if there was a possibility for a fund raiser -- perhaps.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    cool. I sometimes imagine that we have a President, too. Then reality crashes in and I realize...

    Article 2, section 1, clause 5.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Presidential rubber stamp signature of which President?

    Article 2, section 1, clause 5.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years ago
    That's very thoughtful of Obama, to stay away from the funeral of a 2-star general. Who wants him there taking the spotlight, anyway?

    Not meaning to be a jerk, but if the general had been true to his oath, he wouldn't have been killed in Iraq. Because he can't take deployment orders from someone not in the TOC like Obama isn't.
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  • Posted by Bryann67 11 years ago
    No President, no VP, not even the Secretary of Defense attended the funeral. This man is the highest officer to be killed in "battle" since Vietnam. Absolutely disgraceful. Whether you believe in the mission or not, this man was asked by the country to go and do this mission, he was killed doing it. He deserves our respect and honor.
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