Cooperation not optional: State and Defense

by YankeeJim | July 3, 2010 at 09:11 am

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US State and Defense departments operate under one master integrator, and that is President Obama. General Petraeus is the man for all wars, a man ’o war who seeks a peaceful outcome. We need this kind of leadership and I hope that for the distant future we keep in a high level capacity, if not future Secretary of Defense. As for Master Mesher Obama, he needs to ratchet up the performance his Secretary of State. She is fussing around, but accomplishments are invisible.

“Gen. Petraeus: US civilian-military team must mesh

KABUL, Afghanistan — America's top diplomat in Kabul jokingly handed NATO's new commander Gen. David Petraeus an access badge to the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, a symbolic gesture of a new partnership in the troubled U.S. management of the Afghan war.

The smiles and declarations of synergy came as Petraeus prepared to formally assume command on Sunday of a 130,000-strong international force at a time of rising casualties and growing doubt about how much can be achieved before July 2011 when President Barack Obama wants to begin withdrawing U.S. troops.

Petraeus called for troops and civilian staff employees to work together, saying: "In this important endeavor, cooperation is not optional."”