Bob Gates Speaks His Mind, Loves The Terrorists
What the hell's wrong with Bob Gates, the Defense Secretary no one ever talks about? Recently he's been running his yap with all sorts of liberal Democrat treasonspeak -- just like Barack Obama, a known member of Hamas and Hezbollah and the Weather Underground. Apparently he *doesn't* want to bomb Iran or Syria, or even France! Not only that, he says it's counterproductive to evenconsiderbombing these countries that need to be bombed.
First, at the Academy of American Diplomacy yesterday, Bobert said that we have missed opportunities to negotiate with Iran. Actual talky-talk! Then he said we need "leverage" with Iran, rather than just demanding they do shit. Jesus, why don't you just put on yr freaking Turban o'Terror, Bob Gates-Qaeda?
"We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage . . . and then sit down and talk with them," Gates said. "If there is going to be a discussion, then they need something, too. We can't go to a discussion and be completely the demander, with them not feeling that they need anything from us."
Oh but that is nothing compared to what he told the good Americans at the Heritage Foundation a couple of days ago. Guy said that wanting to start new wars is a "disease." Well if "bombing Iran" is what you consider AIDS, Mr. "Gates," then consider us HIV-positive!
I have noticed too much of a tendency towards what might be called "next-war-itis" - the propensity of much of the defense establishment to be in favor of what might be needed in a future conflict. This inclination is understandable, given the dominant role the Cold War had in shaping America's peacetime military, where the United States constantly strove to either keep up with or get ahead of another superpower adversary....
But in a world of finite knowledge and limited resources, where we have to make choices and set priorities, it makes sense to lean toward the most likely and lethal scenarios for our military. And it is hard to conceive of any country confronting the United States directly in conventional terms -- ship to ship, fighter to fighter, tank to tank -- for some time to come. The record of the past quarter century is clear: the Soviets in Afghanistan; the Israelis in Lebanon; the United States in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Smaller, irregular forces -- insurgents, guerrillas, terrorists -- will find ways, as they always have, to frustrate and neutralize the advantages of larger, regular militarys. And even nation-states will try to exploit our perceived vulnerabilities in an asymmetric way, rather than play to our inherent strengths.
Would you like a Muslim Latte with your Arugula Salad, Mr. "I'm Gay And Talk To People"? Perhaps an Ahmadinejad Biscuit, covered in Al-Zawahiri Gravy? A Farrakhan Pot Roast with Obama Carrots?
Gates: U.S. Should Engage Iran With Incentives, Pressure [Washington Post]
Gates: Time for the Pentagon to Actually Wage War [Wired]