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The source alleges that if Obama pushed for troop withdrawal, the top staff generals would resign. For someone unfamiliar with US politics, what would happen if
by puzzlingcaptcha 12y ago
The source alleges that if Obama pushed for troop withdrawal, the top staff generals would resign. For someone unfamiliar with US politics, what would happen if he went for that regardless?
- logfromblammo 12y agoIt is my understanding that, being military people, they cannot simply walk off the job without orders from their commander to do so. As the PotUS is commander of the entire military, he could prosecute them with formal charges of insubordination, or perhaps demote a stubborn general to major and reassign him to collect grizzly bear poop on Kodiak Island. The withdrawal would happen, but the military would not support that particular president on anything for the rest of his tenure, because they're a good ol' boy's club. Obama would have to clear out all colonels, generals, and admirals, and promote replacements from the lower ranks based purely on merit to get any sort of cooperation back, and that would be a colossal undertaking. Secret Service protection detail would be pissed, because there would be insider threats multiplying everywhere.