[12th_Monkey]

Please read entire article at the link.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

What’s even more provocative is the admission by both Hillary and Barry that their opposition to the surge was purely political. What absolute cynical bastards. Gates judges Biden to be stupid, misguided, but sincere. Great. Hillary and Barry are stupid, misguided and insincere. Best news I’ve heard all day.

[headstamp 2]

“Gates calls Biden “a man of integrity,” but questions his record.”

In the words of George Carlin:

“Yeah, he’s an a**hole. But a well meaning, a**hole.”

[headstamp 2]

“Hillary told the president that her opposition to the [2007] surge in Iraq had been political because she was facing him in the Iowa primary. . . . " Hillary never let a few dead bodies get in the way of an agenda.

[Williams]

Gee, why would the story headline and lead be about the Vice President, when it goes on to accuse both Obama and Hilary of politicizing their war policy?

And I always thought the President and Secretary of State were more important than the VP. Silly me.

[Hostage]

According to the New York Times, which obtained an early copy of the memoir, Gates calls Biden “a man of integrity,” but questions his record. “I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,”

Biden a man of integrity? But wrong on just about everything?

Ok Let's look at the meaning of 'integrity' but first focus on its essential forerunner which is 'wisdom'.

WISDOM is the knowledge of what must be done, knowledge of which direction one must go; it is good knowledge. In the colloquial sense it is 'talking the talk'.

INTEGRITY is the execution of knowledge, the action part of knowledge. In the colloquial sense it is 'doing what you say you will do' or 'walking the walk'.

Wisdom without integrity is a waste and often a fraud.

Integrity without wisdom is foolishness.

Therefore, the New York Times is writing that Gates is calling a Biden a FOOL. No surprise here to Freepers.

What is 'almost' surprising is the NY Times thinks this is newsworthy. But this is the NY Times, thus the modifier 'almost'.

[ex-snook]

Hey Gates, Biden wasn’t the President making decisions. Why the hatchet job now?

[Graewoulf]

Impeachment File for “B. Hussein Obama,” aka Barry Soetoro, a documented legal citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.

[gaijin]

Gates has long been a political animal and the sensitivity of his political antennae is exquisite:

He senses a sea change in public perceptions and as a survivor he is jockeying for the best lifeboat seat before the arrival of the rogue wave.

Gates chose a great target, as everyone knows Biden is a cross between a carnival clown and “Better call Saul” from Breaking Bad.

[RichInOC]

The more I hear about Barry’s VP nominee, the more I like McCain’s.

[SueRae]

Gates was the only adult in that room. How he stayed as long as he did..can only be explained by a strong sense of duty and love of country. I admire the man. His is a book I want.

[SkyPilot]

"The first, he says, was Obama’s decision to seek the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gays serving in the military. Though Gates says he supported the decision, there had been months and months of debate, with details still to work out. On one day’s notice, Obama informed Gates and Mullen that he would announce his request for a repeal of the law. Obama had “blindsided Admiral Mullen and me,” Gates writes. Similarly, in a battle over defense spending, “I was extremely angry with President Obama,” Gates writes. “I felt he had breached faith with me . . . on the budget numbers.” As with “don’t ask, don’t tell,” “I felt that agreements with the Obama White House were good for only as long as they were politically convenient."

Well, well, well. Robert Gates is surprised that Obama gutted the military by over $300 Billion in 2008 to divert to his "stimulus", again by another $487 Billion in 2011, and again by $650 Billion due to Sequestration in 2013? And he was also surprised that Obama (almost certainly a homosexual himself and a notorious member of Chicago's infamous "Down Low" club) fast tracked homosexuality in the military?

Today, we are dealing with the consequences of this sin and tragedy, and Robert Gates is partly to blame. This morning, the DoD announced Millions in new spending for homosexual "spouses" benefits, while the DoD is planning on gutting military TRICARE, and pensions for the disabled and widows have already been cut. Military readiness is in a shambles, and morale is in the toilet.

[bmwcyle]

From a man who has kissed up to the Democrats for years.