Bob Woodward "In a new memoir, former defense secretary Robert Gates unleashes harsh judgments about President Obama’s leadership and his commitment to the Afghanistan war, writing that by early 2010 he had concluded the president “doesn’t believe in his own strategy, and doesn’t consider the war to be his. For him, it’s all about getting out.”
"Leveling one of the more serious charges that a defense secretary could make against a commander in chief sending forces into combat, Gates asserts that Obama had more than doubts about the course he had charted in Afghanistan. The president was “skeptical if not outright convinced it would fail,” Gates writes in “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War.' ” Via Drudge.
Hillary Clinton and Obama admitted they opposed Iraq troop surge only to look good politically "Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely Democratic Party standard-bearer in the 2016 presidential contest, staked out her military-related positions in the 2008 race based on how they would play politically, according to a former secretary of defense who served in both the Obama and Bush administrations."
Gates Slams Biden in Memoir, Reveals He Nearly Quit “ 'I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” Gates writes, according to the Times."
Krauthammer on Gates' revelations about Obama: 'How can a commander-in-chief do that?' Video.
White House disputes Gates memoir claims "I’m interested to see how quickly the media, having lauded Gates as a consummate professional capable of bipartisan feats of strength for years, can decide he’s nothing but a dishonest, partisan hack." ...
Remember the adoration that Democrats gave to Scott McClellan for his tell-all book on Bush?
The National Journal stands by the president: In Defense of Obama on the Gates Memoir "Consider first what the memoir says about Gates himself. Criticism of a sitting president from a former Cabinet member is rare and should be taken with a grain of salt. In a breach of propriety that raises questions about his integrity, the excerpts reveal Gates to be surprisingly petty at times, such as when he complains about spending cuts at the Pentagon and the lack of notice about Obama's decision to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gays serving in the military."
This same publication had this to say about former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan's tell-all book criticizing the Bush Administration.
Remember the adoration that Democrats gave to Scott McClellan for his tell-all book on Bush?
US News wrote this of Gates in 2008: America's Best Leaders: Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense
NRO: Gates: Hillary, Obama Admitted They Opposed Surge for Political Reasons
Gates describes the difficult relationship that he had with President Obama "The same cavalier attitude is playing out again, as Islamists sweep the Middle East and Iraq falls apart thanks to Obama’s premature retreat from the country, and he allows anti-war politics coupled with his own tilt toward some Islamist factions to drive his moves. Obama’s whole approach to the war against al Qaeda has been to claim victory while sounding retreat."
Bob Gates vs. the White House "Gates says his instructions to the Pentagon were: “Don’t give the White House staff and [national security staff] too much information on the military options. They don’t understand it, and ‘experts’ like Samantha Power will decide when we should move militarily.' ”
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"But the splash being made by these (mostly unsurprising) insider claims is a testament to the credibility Gates has earned over his distinguished career, and suggests the considerable authority his account of these last few years will carry."
"Leveling one of the more serious charges that a defense secretary could make against a commander in chief sending forces into combat, Gates asserts that Obama had more than doubts about the course he had charted in Afghanistan. The president was “skeptical if not outright convinced it would fail,” Gates writes in “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War.' ” Via Drudge.
Hillary Clinton and Obama admitted they opposed Iraq troop surge only to look good politically "Hillary Rodham Clinton, a likely Democratic Party standard-bearer in the 2016 presidential contest, staked out her military-related positions in the 2008 race based on how they would play politically, according to a former secretary of defense who served in both the Obama and Bush administrations."
Gates describes Obama as a feckless commander-in-chief who was less interested in winning wars than in taking political advantage of withdrawing America from them
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"Obama, too, 'conceded vaguely that [his] opposition to the Iraq surge had been political,' Gates recounts. 'To hear the two of them making these admissions, and in front of me, was as surprising as it was dismaying.' "....
Gates Slams Biden in Memoir, Reveals He Nearly Quit “ 'I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” Gates writes, according to the Times."
Krauthammer on Gates' revelations about Obama: 'How can a commander-in-chief do that?' Video.
White House disputes Gates memoir claims "I’m interested to see how quickly the media, having lauded Gates as a consummate professional capable of bipartisan feats of strength for years, can decide he’s nothing but a dishonest, partisan hack." ...
Remember the adoration that Democrats gave to Scott McClellan for his tell-all book on Bush?
The National Journal stands by the president: In Defense of Obama on the Gates Memoir "Consider first what the memoir says about Gates himself. Criticism of a sitting president from a former Cabinet member is rare and should be taken with a grain of salt. In a breach of propriety that raises questions about his integrity, the excerpts reveal Gates to be surprisingly petty at times, such as when he complains about spending cuts at the Pentagon and the lack of notice about Obama's decision to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gays serving in the military."
This same publication had this to say about former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan's tell-all book criticizing the Bush Administration.
Remember the adoration that Democrats gave to Scott McClellan for his tell-all book on Bush?
NRO: Gates: Hillary, Obama Admitted They Opposed Surge for Political Reasons
Gates describes the difficult relationship that he had with President Obama "The same cavalier attitude is playing out again, as Islamists sweep the Middle East and Iraq falls apart thanks to Obama’s premature retreat from the country, and he allows anti-war politics coupled with his own tilt toward some Islamist factions to drive his moves. Obama’s whole approach to the war against al Qaeda has been to claim victory while sounding retreat."
Bob Gates vs. the White House "Gates says his instructions to the Pentagon were: “Don’t give the White House staff and [national security staff] too much information on the military options. They don’t understand it, and ‘experts’ like Samantha Power will decide when we should move militarily.' ”
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"But the splash being made by these (mostly unsurprising) insider claims is a testament to the credibility Gates has earned over his distinguished career, and suggests the considerable authority his account of these last few years will carry."
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