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Book review: ‘Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War’ by Robert M. Gates (WaPo)
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| 1/7/2014
| Greg Jaffe
Posted on 01/07/2014 5:30:44 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
Let the liberal media spinning begin.
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posted on
01/07/2014 5:39:51 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: RoosterRedux
Obama is not smart. He is a fool.
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posted on
01/07/2014 5:43:52 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: RoosterRedux
...there’s stuff in this article that is pure BS
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posted on
01/07/2014 5:46:37 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: freekitty
Yes Miss Kitty, he is a fool...but he is leading an army of fools who are wreaking havoc on our beloved country.
I believe we will survive, but only if we can overcome OBumbler and his Wealth Equalizers.
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posted on
01/07/2014 5:47:41 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: Doogle
What? An article in WaPo contains pure BS?
Tell me it isn't so!
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posted on
01/07/2014 5:49:08 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: Jeff Chandler
He describes members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee as rude, nasty and stupid. If the liberal media is turning their heart toward Hillary, they'll love the book... we'll have to wait and see.
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posted on
01/07/2014 5:53:21 PM PST
by
GOPJ
("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
To: RoosterRedux
Why in the hell didn’t Gates speak up then? He had a duty to do so. He failed. Gates was an idiot just as Rumsfeld was. Gates for not having his Generals backs, Rumsfeld for not listening to his. Good riddance to both, they were asshats.
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posted on
01/07/2014 6:25:12 PM PST
by
sean327
(God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
To: sean327
Exactly! I am so tired of people writing a “tell-all” memoir AFTER the fact when they could have spoken up earlier and actually done some good!
Sorry Gates - we all knew Bambi was incompetent years ago. Why should anyone pay money to hear you spout your story now?
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posted on
01/07/2014 6:37:10 PM PST
by
VikingMom
(I may not know what the future holds but I know who holds the future!)
To: sean327
Oh come on now.
You know most if not all of us find our errors in history...not in real time.
It would have been great if Gates had squealed on Obama in real time but it just didn't happen.
Better now than never!
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posted on
01/07/2014 6:53:59 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: VikingMom
Sorry Gates - we all knew Bambi was incompetent years ago.These inside the Beltway types don't know what Freepers know. They are plugged into the game. They play it to stay alive.
When they leave...all of a sudden their eyes open and they see the truth.
Nothing new here.
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posted on
01/07/2014 6:56:27 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: RoosterRedux
Not when you hold the lives of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines in your hands. Gates failed to do his sworn duty by not speaking up then.
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posted on
01/07/2014 7:01:50 PM PST
by
sean327
(God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
To: sean327
I think that's why he wept. His beltway life collided with his military responsibility.
BTW, thank you for your service to the country, Marine! Very proud of you!
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posted on
01/07/2014 7:05:33 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: RoosterRedux
Lately I’ve been wondering if it was worth giving up 23 years of my life. This isn’t the same country I signed up to defend as it was when I was 18.
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posted on
01/07/2014 7:30:51 PM PST
by
sean327
(God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
To: sean327
I’ve been wondering the same thing. 26 years Air Force retired 3 years ago.
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posted on
01/07/2014 7:33:44 PM PST
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: sean327
There are huge chunks of our society that appreciate your service as a Marine. You are a man among children.
Hold your head high when only you know this.
Stand proud yet humbly! Now tell me that ain’t hard.;-)
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posted on
01/07/2014 7:37:06 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
You gave up your life for an idea...for freedom and freedom of spirit.
Don't ever question that.
Stand proud...particularly when you feel weak!
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posted on
01/07/2014 7:39:53 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: RoosterRedux; MestaMachine; Old Sarge; shibumi; Michael Barnes; Mossad1967; brucecw; ...
Joe Biden haters will enjoy Gatess description of the vice president as loud, garrulous and obsessed with politics over substance. Gates writes: I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.
Gates accuses the vice president of poisoning Obamas relationship with his generals: I thought Biden was subjecting Obama to Chinese water torture, - every day saying, the military cant be trusted.
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:24:33 PM PST
by
LucyT
( If you're NOT paranoid, you don't know what's going on.)
To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
01/07/2014 9:31:03 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: GOPJ
If the liberal media is turning their heart toward Hillary, they'll love the book...Turning back!? Some of them never left!
She Who Must Not Be Named was their first love. The Kenyan has jilted them, so they're running back to her open arms, contrite and begging forgiveness - not with candy and flowers, but with puff pieces and spiked stories.
Watch for the clock to be reset for those halcyon days of twenty years ago.
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posted on
01/08/2014 6:37:15 AM PST
by
Old Sarge
(And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
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