There is not a military commander alive today who is genetically predisposed to say that he has enough ISR and assets, and particularly not in the Central Command theater.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then you reveal that there's an even bigger puppet master up above and beyond him.
There are many people who do not know if the U.S. Army has 60,000 men or 6 million. They do not have a clue about that.
Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.
Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals.
Now, in this U.N. stuff, the commander, although he has troops, they don't really belong to him. They're loaned by the country to the U.N. to be used, but each of these countries provide a contingent commander, a senior guy who communicates directly back to his capital.
War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.
You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars.
A businessman can be as military as any politician.
He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.