Gates Says U.S. Lacks Strategy to Curb Iran’s Nuclear Drive

New York Times ^

[FLCowboy,]

And yet, Obama has a clear cut strategy regarding Israeli settlements.

Does this mean that Israeli settlements are more of a strategic threat to humanity than Iranian nuclear bombs?

[Eagles6]

Has there ever been someone that has never had a real job be elected as POTUS?

Seriously, this a$$ may have sold grass but he sure as hell never cut grass.

I doubt whether he has ever earned a single dollar through honest work.

[DBeers]

"Gates Says U.S. Lacks Strategy Leadership to Curb Iran’s Nuclear Drive"

There... thats better.

[rockinqsranch]

“Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has warned in a secret three-page memorandum to top White House officials that the United States does not have an effective long-range policy for dealing with Iran’s steady progress toward nuclear capability, according to government officials familiar with the document.”

Something about the New York Times, and the words “Secret Document”, or “Secret memorandum” that just don’t go well together.

Seems the NYT thinks those words mean it is something they absolutely have to publish, or suffer some sort of penalty if they don’t.

[italianquaker]

Odumbos strategy is to have a nuclear Iran

[exit82]

Not to worry,you worthless Hussein stooge...Israel's got a plan

Took the words right off my keyboard.

[SERE_DOC]

Gates is a moronic idiot. This SFB can't explain away that there is no political will to do what needs to be done, no moral clarity to stand for what is right.

Gates has turned into/remains a conflicted REMF who has the ideology of a turd.

[Jet Jaguar]

“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.”

Right on both accounts. The Goldwater-Nichols act requires the CIC to present a National Security Strategy to the congress 180 days after being inaugurated.

That was July/August 2009.

National Security is not a priority for Obama.

Check keyword search ‘nationalsecurityfail’, ‘NSS’, and ‘NSP’ for further articles dealing with the current CIC and the National Security Strategy of the US.

[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.

I'm suggesting Gates and the Pentagon indeed have military strategies that are being ignored by the White House.

MM (in TX)

[MississippiMan]

National Security is not a priority for Obama.

Thou speakest much truth.

MM (in TX)

[savedbygrace]

That makes more sense than the way you put it before.

[MississippiMan]

Good! :-)

MM (in TX)

[Windflier]

Obama has an Iran strategy? Sure he does...

[Brad from Tennessee]

If Obama were a world leader rather than a “rock star” he would have gone offensive following Iran's fraudulent elections and mass uprisings last summer. Obama could have declared Ahmadinejad’s election illegitimate then united a coalition of Europeans countries to join the U.S. in refusing to recognize the Iranian regime. The opposition was waiting for this type of signal but it never came.

[combat_boots]

“national security adviser, Gen. James L. Jones”

So, this General watches Hulu all day then? He hasn’t presented and achieved agreement on policy? How are MOUs, Directives, COOP and Instructions handed down to the field exactly without policy justification?

[Oceander]

Duh. Apparently, the only people who don't know this yet are the fascists, I mean democrats.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[detective]

“the United States does not have an effective long-range policy for dealing with Iran”

The United States does not currently have an effective policy for dealing with ANYTHING. Iran is just one small example.

[caww]

Oh they have them alright....they use them against us.

[savedbygrace]

The problem with any theories about this, including yours, is that we don’t know the facts for certain.

First, the story comes from the Slimes. As someone posted above, this is an intentional leak from Obama.

So, it could be a ham-fisted attempt at disinformation by the Boy King.

Second, if Gates has developed strategies for these scenarios, and I believe he has, why didn’t he mention them at the meeting? It’s a nonsensical account of things, IMO.