For a guy who calls the center-right Obama a "socialist" this one is not too surprising. Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I prefer the military to answer to elected officials and not the Banana Republic model (or Egyptian model) where the military is calling the shots. Think Progress:
PERRY: There is a time and a place for us to intervene, and intervene militarily. But when we intervene militarily, we best make the decision on how we are going to win and how we are going to win convincingly and quickly, send those young men and women with the equipment to win. Don’t let some congressman sitting in an air-conditioned office in Washington DC deciding what the rules of engagement are. … And for us to micromanage them, in a civilian way, without their commanders truly in charge, is absolutely irresponsible and as commander-in-chief of this country I will not let it happen.
