TIME Magazine’s Joe Klein made a rather ridiculous claim this past weekend while on Chris Matthews’ show.
JOE KLEIN, TIME MAGAZINE: The other thing is there’s still tension between [President Obama] and Petraeus about what exactly, how exactly to close out Afghanistan. I’d say the relationship is pretty good, very, better than it was with Bush because the military hated the fact that he wasn’t really doing the job in Iraq.
It is worth noting that in the same discussion, Elisabeth Bumiller of the New York Times mentioned how “the military was not behind the Libya campaign.”
One can’t help mentioning two more things in response to this absurdity.
First, a new Gallup poll shows that veterans and active-duty military personnel give Obama lower marks than non-military Americans.
Second, I present this:
UPDATE, by Mark Noonan:
Regarding that Gallup poll Matt linked to – Obama is just no Commander in Chief – the troops will do as they’re told because they’re good troops, but one thing veterans demand of those who put them in harm’s way is a conviction that there is no substitute for victory. Obama doesn’t have that conviction, and the military and veterans know it.
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