Secretary Gates’ Legacy: A Nuclear-Armed Iran

NewsMax.com ^ | June 27, 2011 | Alan Dershowitz

[harpu]

As Secretary of Defense Robert Gates prepares to retire to private life — after five years as the head of the Department of Defense in both the Bush and Obama administrations — praise is being heaped on him by Democrats and Republicans alike. Herein a dissenting view.

History will not be kind to Gates. Despite some noteworthy accomplishments, he will be remembered as the single most important facilitator of an Iranian regime with nuclear weapons. Future historians will compare him to Neville Chamberlain’s military advisers who opposed all forms of military intervention against the greatest potential danger of the era: an aggressively armed Nazi Germany in the 20th century. Gates' legacy will be a nuclear-armed Iran in the 21st century.

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At the same time Gates persuaded the Bush administration to change Israel’s green light to yellow and then to red, as it related to U.S. approval of an Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The end result is that Gates has successfully persuaded the United States to change its policy from an absolute unwillingness to accept a nuclear-armed Iran, to a policy of “containing” an inevitable nuclear-armed Iran. This alleged policy of containment is no policy at all; it is an admission of failure. A nuclear-armed Iran will endanger the peace of the world. It will be a “game changer,” in the words of President Barack Obama (before he became president and reappointed Gates). And this potential disaster will be largely the fault of the departing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

[harpu]

I never like this ARSEhole and, now, his legacy is what it is!

[nuconvert]

Big Bump.

The quote he has from Goebbels’ diary is Right On.

[Melchior]

Actually, if you look at the history of nuclear weapons in Iran the single most important facilitator has been Germany.

[Buckeye McFrog]

For such a huge lib Dershowitz has been pretty hard core when it comes to Islamo-Fascism. The day after 9-11 he published an op-ed saying torture of AQ suspects was absolutely acceptable.

[nuconvert]

Yeah, he had the Sept 11th “awakening”, like a number of other Libs

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Of course they praise him, he was a big failure.

[DirtyHarryY2K]

Defense Secretary Gates Wants Congress to Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in Lame-Duck Session..

Nov. 8, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants Congress to repeal the military’s controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the upcoming lame-duck session but questions whether lawmakers will act.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dont-...ry?id=12087415

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Robert Gates On DADT: No Opt-Out For Opponents Of Gays In The Military

FORWARD OPERATING BASE DWYER, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates bluntly told Marines on Sunday that they won’t be able to opt out of their enlistment just because they disagree with a government decision to end a ban on gays serving openly in the military.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/05/robert-gates-dadt-op-out-gays-military_n_871506.html

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Goodbye and good riddance!