"Is a long range rocket the same as a long range guided missile?" - Mythman.   Not the same.   As far as Obama and the U.S. Military we were polite because Obama was Firing U.S. Military, Relieving Commanders, that did not believe in his stupid (example The Obama Illegal Unfunded Secret Wars and 75 Armed Conflicts).   As far as U.S. Military knowledge, at least he listens to the U.S. Military, not some Obama Political Appointee "National Security Adviser" that never spent a day in the U.S. Military nor Intelligence Community.

Since April 2009 Democrat President Obama Ordered a U.S. Defense Budget Cut of 50%, while the U.S. Defense (U.S. Military, U.S. Intelligence Agencies, U.S. Department of State (Defense Related Programs, like the Very Profitable Foreign Military Sales Program), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. Infrastructure Projects of U.S. Dams, Bridges, Streams and River Dredging, Beach Erosion, Sea Walls, Levees, Irrigation Canals to prevent Droughts), many others)
continued