MILITARY IS FED UP WITH OBAMA – AT 8:56 A.M. ET:  It was bound to happen.  The American military, weakened and battered by our first truly leftist president, is finally expressing its frustration with the temporary occupant of the White House.  From the Washington Times: 

Key lawmakers from both parties say frustration with the White House among the top military officers is at its highest level in decades, the product of President Obama’s cautious approach to the wars in Syria and Iraq and an indecisive inner circle of White House advisers who, critics say, have iced the Pentagon out of the policymaking process.

“There’s a level of dissatisfaction among the uniformed military that I’ve never seen in my time here,” said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain in an interview. “For some of us who are a little older, let’s go back and read the Pentagon Papers — what the administration is doing is the kind of incrementalism that defined much of the Vietnam conflict.”

The Arizona Republican is known as a fierce critic of President Obama’s foreign policy, but his complaints were echoed by an unlikely source: Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

“Frustration among the uniformed service is real,” the Washington Democrat said, adding that the administration “does keep things in the White House and has not been more inclusive in the decision-making process.”

COMMENT:   From what I've seen in many reports over recent weeks, there is a widespread feeling, not only in the Pentagon, but among our allies, that Obama has no coherent strategy in the Mideast.  It's now reported that Britain, which is assisting with air strikes against ISIS in Iraq, is growing reluctant to do the same in Syria because of our confused policy.

The bottom line is that Obama doesn't seem to care much.  He'd rather "fundamentally change America," even though most Americans don't want to be fundamentally changed.

November 6,  2015