Retired General Discovers He Was Just An Obama Admin Set Piece - Granite Grok

Retired General Discovers He Was Just An Obama Admin Set Piece

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25:  Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter ISIL, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee February 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the topic of "The Fight Against ISIS: Building The Coalition And Ensuring Military Effectiveness."  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 25: Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter ISIL, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee February 25, 2015

Bloomberg News

Retired General John Allen will be stepping down as envoy to the global coalition this fall, and the White House is searching for a replacement to be the face of America’s flailing effort to destroy the jihadist group in Syria and Iraq. …

U.S. officials familiar with Allen’s decision say he has been frustrated with White House micromanagement of the war and its failure to provide adequate resources to the fight.

Allen must have been under the impression that Obama was serious about the publicly stated goals of his latest man caused contingency disaster, or that he (Allen)  would actually be “in charge” of anything.

But kudos to him for finding an exit strategy where none existed, even if it was just his own.

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