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Sizing up the next commander-in-chief
Wordpress..WSJ ^ | Robert Gates

Posted on 09/17/2016 6:21:28 AM PDT by SueRae

Neither candidate has seriously addressed how he or she thinks about the military or the use of force.

(Excerpt) Read more at johnib.wordpress.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gates; hillary; military; trump
I've admired Gates over the years..but the end of the article puts me off. It's like he's giving Clinton pointers. Trumps advisors are not stupid..and neither is he. No one person has all the answers and they are likely discussing these issues already very seriously. They'll need to for any debate prep as well.
1 posted on 09/17/2016 6:21:28 AM PDT by SueRae
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To: SueRae

Author has not been paying attention...


2 posted on 09/17/2016 6:22:32 AM PDT by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: Wpin
Author has not been paying attention...

More like, he is hoping that *you* have not been paying attention...

the infowarrior

3 posted on 09/17/2016 6:25:09 AM PDT by infowarrior
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To: SueRae

We know what drives ‘Illary’s use of force. If that stinking pustule Sid Blumenthal hisses in her ear that there is a profit opportunity or political cover to be had by blowing someone up then up they will be blown.


4 posted on 09/17/2016 6:30:02 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: SueRae

Gates is a big New World Order slug.


5 posted on 09/17/2016 6:30:48 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
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To: SueRae

Apparently Gates doesn’t have the listening abilities that I have as I feel like I have a pretty good idea of how Trump views the military and the use of force. Tell Gates to call me and I’ll explain it to him. :-)


6 posted on 09/17/2016 6:34:50 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SueRae
At least on national security, I believe Mr. Trump is beyond repair. He is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. He is unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief.

Gates is not anyone I've ever looked to for insights into foreign policy, or any other issue. Did Hillary's speech writers write this article for him?

7 posted on 09/17/2016 6:38:14 AM PDT by Will88
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To: SueRae

From article:

Mr. Trump has suggested we should walk away from the region and hope for the best.”

No, he has stated that ISIS and terrorism be defeated. It was Obama and Hillery who WALKED away from the region when they withdrew American soldiers from Iraq.

And due to the extreme weakness and incompetence of Hillary and Obama, it doesn’t take a genius to see that an international crisis is looming.


8 posted on 09/17/2016 6:38:32 AM PDT by odawg
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To: SueRae

We do know what the military thinks about the witch.


9 posted on 09/17/2016 6:42:59 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Ya know what....you really don’t know until you get there. The standard response...forever....has been....everything is on the table.


10 posted on 09/17/2016 6:57:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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11 posted on 09/17/2016 7:06:26 AM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: SueRae

“Neither candidate has seriously addressed how he or she thinks about the military or the use of force.”

WTF is Gates talking about? Good Lord, the only other subject Trump has spoken more of is immigration. He has said many times what his view is of the use of force and the military. Geesh.

I see this a lot. “Expert commentators” say things that are flat out untrue because they don’t know his policies.


12 posted on 09/17/2016 7:23:41 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: SueRae

Where Gates, and all the establishment analysts, fail is disregarding Trump’s history of surrounding himself with intelligent people in contrast with Clinton’s history of surrounding herself with sycophants and crooks.


13 posted on 09/17/2016 7:27:43 AM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: SueRae

Gates must be suffering from the first stages of Alzheimer’s or senility if he actually said that about Trump.

Maybe his rat side of his brain is overthrowing the rest of his brain.

Last but not least, the WSJ is owned and controlled by Rupert Murdoch the owner of Faux news. Any anti Trump bs by either company is mythical and F.A.C.T. (Fiction Abetting Clinton’s Thugs)!


14 posted on 09/17/2016 7:42:39 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Illiarily is the mentally ill/staggering/falling/terminal left wing candidate for president!!!)
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To: SueRae

Gates is too busy taking care of the limp wrists’ to notice what Trump has to say about the military.


15 posted on 09/17/2016 7:59:24 AM PDT by N9841A
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To: SueRae

Gates misrepresents so many aspects of Trump’s views and statements that it is impossible for me to take this seriously.


16 posted on 09/17/2016 8:01:19 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: SueRae

Duh, what rock has this person been under?


17 posted on 09/17/2016 8:01:38 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: SueRae

Bob Gates; the Obama lackey.


18 posted on 09/17/2016 8:04:32 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Wpin

When Obama kept him on that said all that we needed to know about Gates!


19 posted on 09/17/2016 8:09:00 AM PDT by lonestar (Texan for Trump)
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