[fluffy0000]

wrong again dude?
your sources?

The US military in Afghanistan does not wait for orders issued from the White House thousands of miles away on how to carry out it's combat operations on the ground. Gen. Petraeus has never complained about the rules of engagement or his predessor Gen. Stanley McCrystal.

You have no sources except your reminders of your military experience? Are you comparing your experience to Gen.Petraeus or Gen. McCrystal ?

How would the President or Congress construct or issue a order to Gen. Petraeus in Afghanistan about combat operations without looking like complete idiots?

Please enlighten us on how the President or Congress would micro manage a counter insurgency on the other side of the planet?

What type of military background does the President have? Congress?
As commander and chief of the armed forces would 'nt it make more sense to delegate command to those commanders who serve in the armed forces and trust in their training and military experience to make decisions since they are actually in Afghanistan?
Or co*kblock and handcuff the field commander in Afghanistan with your silly fantasy
about commanding troops in the field in combat from thousands of miles away?

Counterinsurgency
FM 3-24 (2006)
a U.S. Army and U.S. Marines Manual by Lt. General David Petraeus and Lt. General James F Amos

This is the new U.S. military counterinsurgency (COIN) manual on how to combat organized movements that seek to overthrow governments through subversion and armed conflict. Coauthored by Army General David Petraeus and Marine Corps General James Amos.