Should U.S. President Biden Listen To These Generals?

President Joe Biden holds a meeting with military and civilian defense leadership, including Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, and the Coast Guard, the White House, Washington, D.C., April 20, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)  

The Hill: On Ukraine, Biden needs to listen to these US generals  

President Biden’s support for the Ukrainian war effort continues to be just enough for Ukraine to survive, but not enough for it to win. For Ukraine, this is like treading water wearing a 25-pound life preserver. All your energy is required just to stay afloat; nothing is left to swim ashore. 

When will the president start listening to his generals — his own military advisers? One can only assume the advice he is acting on is coming from the likes of national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken or former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice.  

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WNU Editor: U.S. Secretary of Defense and retired Army four-star General Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff General Mark Milley. Former and now retired General and retired CIA Director David Petraeus. Ben Hodges, former commanding general of U.S. Army Europe. And last but not least, Jack Keane, retired four-star general and former vice chief of staff of the Army. 

These are who US President Biden should listen to!?!?!?!? 

U.S. Secretary of Defense and retired Army four-star General Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff General Mark Milley lost all credibility in my eyes after the Afghan disaster.

The 3 retired US Generals mentioned in the above opinion piece have been commenting on the war since the beginning, and they have been completely wrong. 

Retired General Keane has for months been saying that Russia is too week (link here) when they are clearly not. 

Just a few days ago Retired General Ben Hodges was discussing that Ukraine could be successful in retaking Crimea if the US could only give just a bit more support Ukraine's current counteroffensive (link here). Retaking Crimea?!?!?! Are you kidding me.

But they pale when compared to retired General Petraeus. 

When Ukraine's counteroffensive started in June, retired General Petareus was predicting a quick collapse of the Russian Army (link here). That clearly has not happened. 

But what really got under my skin is when he told a CNN audience this week that the Russian military has no motivation to fight in Ukraine. 

Are you kidding me!?!?!?!? 

Each year all Russians commemorate and remember the 27 million who died in the Second World War. Every family in Russia lost someone in that war. And when they see the same German crosses that were on their armored vehicles during that war on the battle field in this war, and captured dead or captured Ukrainian soldiers with Nazi tattoos on their arms, coupled with anti-Russian rhetoric and actions from the Kyiv government on those who identify themselves as Russian-Ukrainians. Yeah .... you can take this to the bank, the motivation to fight in Russia is there.  

Update: This is an old article, but it should be mentioned. Many of these US military experts on Cable News have a conflict of interest. Aside from the fees that they earn for showing up on these cable news networks to discuss the war, they are also personally profiting enormously from other sources .... Cable News Military Experts Are on the Defense Industry Dole (The Intercept).

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