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Gates Says U.S. Lacks Strategy to Curb Iran’s Nuclear Drive
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Posted on 04/17/2010 5:33:08 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

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To: Sub-Driver
Some officials said his memo should be viewed in that light: as a warning to a relatively new president that the United States was not adequately prepared.

Not Obama's fault. Cover up by NYT.

21 posted on 04/17/2010 5:47:05 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Sub-Driver

Where there is no WILL, there is ALWAYS NO STRATEGY. We already knew that.

No strategy translates to dying in bed while asleep by a hostile force. Gee, is that Constitutional?


22 posted on 04/17/2010 5:47:42 PM PDT by givemELL (Does Taiwan eet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
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To: Vermont Lt

I think he’ll last longer than that, but when he goes, who do you think will be on Obama’s short list to replace him?


23 posted on 04/17/2010 5:48:51 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if people follow. Otherwise, you just wandered off.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I think COURAGE would be a better word. Barry wants the world to like us. Even if it kills us. We need to be “liked” by Barry’s “friends”.


24 posted on 04/17/2010 5:49:01 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Constitution!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I’m shocked, shocked I tell you to find out we have no frigging strategy.


25 posted on 04/17/2010 5:50:53 PM PDT by sitkaspruce
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To: Sub-Driver
Gates Says U.S. Lacks Strategy to Curb Iran’s Nuclear Drive

The very definition of incompetent.

There is no other term.

This guy is gonna get us all killed.

26 posted on 04/17/2010 5:50:54 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: savedbygrace
If this is true (it’s the Slimes, so it’s a tossup), then Gates needs to be fired ASAP. It’s his job to develop such strategies, and to keep them current as situations change.

I suspect the lack of strategy rests 100% at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, not the Pentagon. I further suspect it's not even a priority at the White House. I believe Obama has decided it's no big deal if Iran has nukes and it wouldn't surprise me if the Pentagon leaked this to give the public a bit of a heads-up on that fact.

MM (in TX)

27 posted on 04/17/2010 5:50:56 PM PDT by MississippiMan (http://gogmagogblog.wordpress.com/)
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To: Sub-Driver

Obama has got all the use he needs out of Gates so he goes under the bus now.


28 posted on 04/17/2010 5:52:45 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Sub-Driver

Absolutely no shit?


29 posted on 04/17/2010 5:52:54 PM PDT by Tigen (I shall raise you one .)
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Gates Says U.S. Lacks Strategy to Curb Iran’s Nuclear Drive

TOP SECRET STRATEGY FOR GATES:

Nuke Iran it worked on Japan


30 posted on 04/17/2010 5:54:50 PM PDT by Hang'emAll
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To: Sub-Driver
If Gates had any integrity he'd resign rather than stay attached to the regime.
31 posted on 04/17/2010 5:59:14 PM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
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To: MississippiMan

Are you suggesting Gates would only develop these strategies if Obama gave him a direct order to do it? Gates would be a fool if he waited for orders. It’s his job to be prepared.

So, if he has some strategies, why wouldn’t he mention it at the meeting mentioned in the article?


32 posted on 04/17/2010 5:59:20 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if people follow. Otherwise, you just wandered off.)
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To: Sub-Driver

No, the administration lacks the WILL!


33 posted on 04/17/2010 5:59:40 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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Obama doesn’t lack a strategy regarding Iran. The strategy is clear, let Iran get the nuclear bomb to counter-balance Israel, “the Zionist Entity”. Twenty years soaking in Jeremiah Wright’s hatred hasn’t gone for naught.

Anyone who thinks Obama doesn’t have a long term strategy is a fool.


34 posted on 04/17/2010 6:01:52 PM PDT by AlanD
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To: AlanD

I think you’re right.


35 posted on 04/17/2010 6:02:56 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Sub-Driver

We have an effective strategy, we just dont have the balls to use it.

Turn Israel loose on Iran from that side and hit them from the other side with B-52’s and Tomahawks. keep hitting them until they squeal.

Dont just bomb their nuclear facilities , target Ahmadinejhad and his family and every Muslim Imam you can locate. If you see a 4 wheel drive Toyota pick up truck, bomb it.


36 posted on 04/17/2010 6:03:07 PM PDT by Venturer
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Its not that we lack the strategy, its that this administration lacks the balls to do anything about it.


37 posted on 04/17/2010 6:04:33 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: Sub-Driver

No sh_t, Sherlock.


38 posted on 04/17/2010 6:08:30 PM PDT by bergmeid (Fumigate Washington NOW)
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To: savedbygrace

What strategy can there be when odumbo supports a nuclear Iran


39 posted on 04/17/2010 6:09:30 PM PDT by italianquaker (My bartender knew about the attempted Christmas attack before odumbo)
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To: italianquaker

Strategies, plural. Gates should have several strategies, so the Commander in Chief can pick and choose.


40 posted on 04/17/2010 6:11:46 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if people follow. Otherwise, you just wandered off.)
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