Obama Did Not Fire 200 Military Officers

WASHINGTON D.C. -Here are our top stories · Between 2010 and 2013 Obama engaged in a purge of good military officers, a total of 197. officers who were loyal to the United States and its Constitution were fired or forced out. Biden is continuing that shameful legacy.

В список уволенных командиров вошли бывший глава военной разведки (АМАН) генерал-майор Аарон Халива, бывший начальник оперативного управления Генштаба генерал-майор Одед Басюк, бывший командующий Южным военным округом генерал-майор Ярон Финкельман.

В августе 2010 года Обама объявил о завершении боевой фазы операции в Ираке, но сохранил там более 50 тысяч военнослужащих.

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Mattis was part of the command shuffle that took place after Obama fired McChrystal. Petraeus, who had been the head of Central Command moved over to run operations in Afghanistan. Obama put Mattis in charge of Central Command. Obama removed Mattis from that job in 2013. By some reports, there was concern in the White House that Mattis seemed too eager to use military force against Iran. But another account has it that he rubbed civilian officials the wrong way with the issues he raised about Iran.

No evidence documents that the U.S. military has experienced a purging of leaders from its ranks for "refusing to fire on U.S. citizens." This claim fits a common model of conspiracy theory which has been repeatedly espoused many times over ...

President Obama fired top generals and commanders who did not align with his vision over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and now Trump is set to do the same.

During my own time at the Pentagon, where I worked as an Obama appointee from the spring of 2009 until mid-2011, few seemed to hold this view. I recall asking one general, recently back from Afghanistan, if he’d shared his experiences and insights with the president. Rolling his eyes, he told me grimly that the White House preferred the military to be seen but not heard. Curious about whether things had changed since then, I asked a dozen serving and recently retired senior military officers with high-level White House access, many of whom were not comfortable speaking on the record, if they knew of any military leaders with whom the president had a close and warm personal relationship.

President Obama had been in office for only five months when he relieved Army Gen. David McKiernan as the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The new president made the move on the recommendation of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who told the president that he wanted “fresh thinking” and “fresh eyes” in Afghanistan. McKiernan was the first top wartime commander to be dismissed since Harry S.

But spending is down; the force is smaller than when Obama took office and its equipment is aging.

Ces soldats quitteront progressivement le pays d'ici à la fin 2016, après quoi 200 soldats resteront à l'ambassade dans le cadre de la coopération militaire bilatérale traditionnelle.

Le président américain maintiendra 9 800 hommes dans le pays en 2016, et 5 500 jusqu’à la fin de son mandat.

Le geste de Barack Obama semble modeste: il ne s'agit que d'une cinquantaine de soldats des Forces spéciales américaines envoyés pour soutenir les rebelles modérés. Et pourtant, c'est un vrai tournant dans la position américaine qui jusqu'ici ...

Statistically speaking, it’s actually closer to one every 8.8 days, a staggering 200 military brass shown the door in less than five years. The Pentagon has offered up a grab bag of reasons for these dismissals — from a simple “loss of ...

Just in the first five years of his presidency, Obama fired almost 200 military officers: