Army on a long leash. Trump allowed to apply air strikes without counting with anyone

There are a number of sophisticated weapons that can be deployed from different platforms to apply air strikes for hostile purposes; They have everything - rockets and projectiles of direct guidance, guns and tools, as well as various airbags, gliders, winged and ballistic missiles, which, in turn, can be deployed from fighters, bombers and drones. In short, the US has a lot of opportunities to defeat hostile goals.

About it in his article writes journalist Harrison Cassa, which was translated by Focus. And now, thanks to the new permits of the Trump administration, the US military will receive greater freedom of action when applying air strikes.

"The Trump administration provided US military commanders more freedom of action when applying air strikes on predictable military threats, unlike the policy of Biden administration, which demanded a wider approval from the White House and Pentagon," Air & Space Forces Magazine reports. Washington.

" Although this step makes it possible to make the armed forces more flexible and less bureaucracy, it also raises the issue of defining goals, unjustified use of force and preservation of civilian control over the armed forces.

The newly married Defense Minister Pete Hegset has confirmed a new policy, but neither the White House nor the Pentagon answered the question of what led to such a decision and how many military operations were already carried out in accordance with the new, more free policy of air strikes. Last month, Syria was applied in Hurras AD-Din, a local al-Qaeda branch. It is unknown whether the Hurras Ad-Din strikes were made from the Hurras ad-din.

New policy can lead to a weakening of civil control over the armed forces, which is concerned about some analysts who consider civil control over the country's armed forces one of the main principles of responsible public administration. Theoretically, the subordination of the armed forces of civil control helps to make sure that the military operates strictly within the constitutional framework, while obeying the political will of the voting public.

Civil control serves as a guarantor of responsible behavior of the military - from the preparation of the budget to compliance with international law during military operations. Air Force on foreign nationals in foreign territory is one of the most serious, most significant and contradictory actions of the US military.

The requirement of civilian approval of such air strikes (ie by the White House or the Ministry of Defense) is a method of maintaining civilian supervision of such a contradictory military procedure. Provision of relative autonomy during the strikes abroad is an alarming event, especially given the history of unjustified use of power by the US Army, and in some cases attacks on US citizens abroad.

Although in the past the signature of the Pentagon and the White House did not always provide adequate (or even legitimate) performance of air strikes, this process, at least, demanded the signature of persons responsible to the American public, that is, an elected official or an official appointed by such an elected official.

Trump administration more autonomy to the military during the authorization of air strikes actually weakens the already poor control of the US public over the deployment of their armed forces. Harrison Cass is a journalist who writes about defense and national security, with more than 1000 articles related to international problems. A lawyer, a pilot, a guitarist and a professional hockey player, Harrison served as a US Air Force pilot, but was demobilized for health.