[xzins]

I heard him say that he agreed with Gen. Pace that we are neither winning nor losing.

Of more concern to me is his statement that we should not attack Syria and that he does not see the Congressional authorization of 2001 as applicable to an attack on Iran.

[pierrem15]

Well, then, Gates is a defeatist, because if he thinks we can address Iraq without taking down or putting serious pressure on Syria and Iran, he is a fool.

Iran's proxy Hezbollah will soon control Lebanon, and the Iranians are shipping what they can to Hamas.

Those two proxies will then shell Israel out of existence, not by killing everyone, but by simply making the country unlivable.

In the meantime, due to the mediocre stupidity of our political class, we will have turned Iraq over to the Iranians.

A nuclear armed Persian Empire stretching from the Eastern Mediterranean to Afghanistan will be the result, and every American military base in the region will be booted out.

Then, using existing or new proxies, the Iranians will smuggle several nuclear warheads into the US.

Game, set and match for Iran.

Why? Because we have no ba@@s.