The Commonalities Between Obama and Bush
July 9th, 2010
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Posted in: Afghanistan, Iraq, United States
Tags: Afghanistan, American Presidency, General McChrystal, General Patraeus, Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy, President Bush, President Eisenhower, President Obama, War on Terrorism
In an insightful OpEd, “What Eisenhower Could Teach Obama,” Melvin Goodman, an ex-CIA functionary and a former Professor at the National War College, pointed out the difficulty of current presidents in dealing with the military, because most presidents come to office with no background or knowledge about the U.S. military. He compared the almost encyclopedic [...]