GOP Lawmaker Urges Generals to Rebel Against Obama and His Policies

By Greg Campbell 

President Obama has, for years, worked to undermine the direction of military leaders by purging from the ranks top military officers who wish to maintain a more “hands-on” approach to military policy.
From religious rights to lifting the ban on openly homosexual soldiers serving in the military, the Obama Administration has worked very hard to undermine the ability of military leaders to lead the military; instead, the Obama Administration has carefully-crafted a political environment within the ranks where policy comes from politicians and unelected officials, not military personnel who might have a firmer grasp on the needs of our military.

According to reports, Colorado Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, has called upon generals and other top military officials to refuse to put up with Obama’s micromanaging and social experimentation and resign rather than serve under a president who so clearly holds a disdain for those who wear the uniform.

According to the Colorado Independent, 

“[L]et me reassure you on this,” Lamborn told a small gathering of so-called liberty voters in Colorado Springs on Tuesday. “A lot of us are talking to the generals behind the scenes, saying, ‘Hey, if you disagree with the policy that the White House has given you, let’s have a resignation.’

 

“You know, let’s have a pubic resignation, and state your protest, and go out in a blaze of glory. I haven’t seen that very much. In fact, I haven’t seen that at all in years.” 

The president holds a tough relationship with his generals as the U.S. military engages radical Islamists in the Middle East again while refusing to commit fully to the actions that many argue are necessary to secure victory. The Huffington Post reports:

Since Obama launched military operations against the Islamic State in mid-September, several reports have suggested that he may have a less than perfect relationship with his generals. Several high-ranking military officers and Pentagon officials have publicly voiced their disagreement with Obama’s airstrikes-only approach in Syria. Former defense secretary Robert Gates said, “There will be boots on the ground if there’s to be any hope of success.”

 

Lamborn, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, has been an outspoken critic of Obama’s military actions and his foreign policy as a whole. “After watching President Obama’s rudderless foreign policy for the past five years, I have lost confidence in the president’s ability to lead,” Lamborn said in a statement earlier this month. 

The military is not a Petri dish meant for social experiments and it is not a tool to be used to only maintain the semblance of getting things done. If we are to engage the enemy, we are to try and decimate the enemy as quickly as possible.