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Members of
Congress have been privately urging US military generals to rebel against
President Barack Obama over his foreign policy in the Middle East, says Rep.
Doug Lamborn.
The
Colorado Republican, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the
remarks during a liberty group forum on Wednesday night.
“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’,” Lamborn said.
“You
know, let’s have a public resignation, and state your protest, and go out in a
blaze of glory,” Lamborn continued. “And I haven’t seen that very much, in fact
I haven’t seen that at all in years.”
The
uneasy relationship between the White House and US military has been on full
display in recent weeks as President Obama and his top generals continue to
clash over the strategy to combat the ISIL terrorist organization.
Obama
has authorized airstrikes against ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria, but has
repeatedly ruled out American boots on the ground in a combat role.
US
military officials have complained privately for weeks that an air campaign
alone would not be sufficient to achieve the announced goal of defeating ISIL.
During a
Senate hearing last Tuesday, the Pentagon leadership raised the specter of
American ground troops directly joining Iraqi forces in combat against ISIL
militants.
Army
General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the
Senate Armed Services Committee that he might recommend deploying US military
forces to Iraq.
In
Syria, the United States is seeking to arm and train “vetted” insurgents to
capture Syrian territory from ISIL terrorists.
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