Pennywise
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- Jul 25, 2013
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Gates is probably the last partisan figure in DC. Attributing political motives is the last refuge of the clueless.The higher up you go in the military, the more political it becomes and the less military it is.
Gates is a politician. I think we need to watch and see what his political aspirations are before we can understand the true motives behind his book, and determine whether he is telling whole or half truths.
A book is often a signal from a politician who is seeking a new career in DC.
Obama has been prosecuting the War on Islam differently than the way Bush did it. Bush threw armies at them while Obama uses drones.
Gates is an old school blood and treasure kind of guy, and probably misses the days of moving men around on the map.
I think the motives are financial, and a way for him to pretend to be apart from the mess when he was right in on it.
Obama is a piece of shit and I believe Gates is truthful, but these after-the-fact, in the SAFEZONE whistle-blowers are a little too cute by half. If Gates were a real man he would have stood up and sung at the time when his words would have made a difference. Right now he just looks like an opportunist.
And I repeat, Obama is filth, but it doesn't mean Gates isn't as well, just in a different sphere.