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The other enemy

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Armed Forces Journal - By Ralph Peters - May. 16 (Opinion) - A fourth aspect of the problem is that our political class either makes promises impossible to keep (the creation of an ideal model democracy in Iraq, for example) or, if in opposition, continues to add new, ever-higher metrics for success. One has the sense that, no matter how much the local people achieve with our support, some factions within our political system will insist that each military engagement has been a failure.

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Protecting the chief

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:19:59 -0700

Armed Forces Journal - By Keeping Pace was not an option in war-wary Washington - Jul. 19 (News Analysis) - President Bush pulled the plug on Gen. Peter Pace to avoid what Defense Secretary Robert Gates described as a "quite contentious" renomination hearing. That was an understatement. The bid to have Pace named to a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would have been an unrestrained political spectacle, former Pentagon official Ray DuBois said.

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Power struggle

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:31:00 -0700

Armed Forces Journal - By William Matthews - Apr. 27 (News Analysis) - So, who's right? More important in Washington, who's going to win? Rep. Joseph Sestak, D-Pa., is reluctant to predict the outcome, but as a freshman Democrat, a retired three-star admiral and a Harvard Ph.D. in political economy and government, he views the struggle between Congress and the president through an unusual prism. When it comes to war, the Constitution actually assigns more responsibility to Congress than it does to the president, Sestak said. While the Constitution names the president as commander in chief, that's about all it says about him, he said. "The preponderance of responsibility" for the military is actually placed on Congress.

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