One, Gates never said we were losing the war. Two, Rumsfeld told Bush we werent winning the war and staying the course wasnt going to do win it. That is why he was devising new strategies at the time Bush fired him. Seems the only one here delusional besides yourself is Bush. All is rosy with the world. Yeah right. Kill Sadr and mutilate his Mahdi militia and then maybe I will believe that Bush knows what he's doing.
"Two, Rumsfeld told Bush we werent winning the war and staying the course wasnt going to do win it. That is why he was devising new strategies at the time Bush fired him."
Oh, please. A memo 2 days before he finally was fired? He knew he was going to be fired and created a CYA document.
Even then he still was under the compulsion of writing about "minimalist" approaches. "Minimalist" is codeword for keeping maximum funding directed toward big ticket boondoggles like Star Wars Part Deux and B-2 bomber fleets.
For your possible satisfaction, the liberals are confounded. How do they approach Gates statements about undermanning when such forward the idea that this war was possible to win? Dems are stuck on the idea this war was unwinnable from the beginning.