Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blistered President Obama and his foreign policy in his forthcoming book.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/07/former-defense-secretary-robert-gates-slams-obama-leadership-in-new-book/
And how timely. These past few days we learn that Al Qaeda in Iraq has reconquered Fallujah, a city our troops fought hard to win at considerable cost to American lives. It all kind of makes sense, doesn't it?
Gates also reportedly describes how administration officials doubted, mistrusted, and disrespected military leaders with whom they were supposed to work. Hardly surprising since we saw the same thing during the Clinton and Carter years. It is not a coincidence. The current Democratic Party has a cultural dislike of our military no matter how much lip service they may give.
Yes, and at The American Conservative Gates's confused inconsistency has been thoroughly lambasted. There is no way we would have had a better outcome if we had kept troops in Iraq or sent troops into Syria.
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Obama fired or accepted resignatiosns of 30 top Generals and Admirals, as well as 150 top officers. That is a record, that backs up Gates and his findings. WE have less ships in our Navy, since WW1. Gates is right. Hillary will take the same road as her husband and Obama.
ReplyDeleteBut, "At this time. what difference does it make".
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How does firing or accepting resignation of 30 generals and admirals back up Gates's allegation that Obama's heart wasn't in the surge?
ReplyDeleteMost of the American people's heart wasn't int he surge.