David Deptula Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by David Deptula The Turks have to make a choice. They're either going to be part of NATO or they're going to move into the Russian camp in terms of defense. David Deptula world Obama micromanaged the war, we could have accomplished our objectives through the use of overwhelming air power in three months not in three years. David Deptula latest-headlines There is a lot of frustration because of the onerous restrictions that are being placed on individuals who are prosecuting air operations, the ‘mother may I?’ request chain to be able to engage is inducing delay in actually being effective. You have obvious Islamic State targets you would like to engage but you have to wait to get approval that takes hours. David Deptula politics The ultimate guidance rests in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we have been applying air power like a rain shower or a drizzle -- for it to be effective, it needs to be applied like a thunderstorm. David Deptula politics