Kucinich To Obama: Fire Generals

President Barack Obama should fire U.S. generals for speaking about military strategy on Afghanistan, said a former Democratic candidate for U.S. president.

 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama should fire U.S. generals for speaking about military strategy on Afghanistan, said a former Democratic candidate for U.S. president.

Specifically, Rep. Dennis Kucinich told Russia Today that the generals should not have spoken publically while the president was thinking about the issue in secret.

“You know, generals are subordinate to the president who is the commander-in-chief. He’s the boss. And when generals start trying to suggest publicly what the president should do, they shouldn’t be generals anymore,” he said.

In any event, Kucinich said, Congress has the final authority to wage wars.

Earlier this year, Kucinich introduced a bill to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan.

On Dec. 1, Obama announced the escalation of U.S. occupation of Afghanistan by 30,000 troops.

A tentative withdraw start date was set at July 2011.