By not defining a clear mission in Libya and failing to offer up a distinct exit strategy, President Obama is making the military very nervous. At least that’s how former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sees it.
Rumsfeld told Politico that the mission in Libya is “confused” by the way the coalition of nations currently enforcing the no-fly zone was put together. And that’s not what servicemen and women going to battle in the Middle East want, Rumsfeld says.
“If peoples’ lives are at risk and you’re using military forces, you need to have a rather clear understanding as to who’s in charge and who’s making the decisions,” he said.
Obama’s war is probably not making the military to confident in their commander-in-chief, Rumsfeld suggested.
“If you’re going to put Americans at risk it seems to me, you need to have clarity in what you’re doing and be willing to do it in full,” he said. “You have to be willing to do it well and to persevere and be willing to accomplish what it is you set out to do. And the reluctance and the ambivalence we’ve seen reflected I think is probably worrisome for the people in the military.”
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