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Secretary Gates battles VP Cheney's office to prevent war with Iran
Telegraph UK ^ | 10/07/2007 | unknown

Posted on 10/08/2007 11:20:57 AM PDT by rubeng

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1 posted on 10/08/2007 11:20:59 AM PDT by rubeng
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bttt


2 posted on 10/08/2007 11:24:15 AM PDT by txhurl (Yes there were WMDs)
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My Bullsh!t-o-meter is pegging. Written by somebody who hasn't got a third-grade-education on how the US system of government works.

Gates is in battle with Cheney over war policy? Who's Bush, chopped liver?

3 posted on 10/08/2007 11:27:29 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Don’t trust anyone who can’t take a joke. [Congressman BillyBob])
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To: rubeng
My Bullsh!t-o-meter is pegging. Written by somebody who hasn't got a third-grade-education on how the US system of government works.

Gates is in battle with Cheney over war policy? Who's Bush, chopped liver?

4 posted on 10/08/2007 11:27:42 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Don’t trust anyone who can’t take a joke. [Congressman BillyBob])
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To: rubeng

I’ve said for quite some time that we will not attack Iran, that we’ll have to deal with a nuclear-armed Iran in the foreseeable future. We do not have the will to take on Iran at this time.


5 posted on 10/08/2007 11:27:43 AM PDT by ought-six ("Give me liberty, or give me death!")
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To: rubeng

I’m not sure that I’m accepting this report at face value.


6 posted on 10/08/2007 11:27:58 AM PDT by G Larry (HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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To: ought-six

May I suggest you put your flame suit on.


7 posted on 10/08/2007 11:29:28 AM PDT by Orange1998
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Bingo.


8 posted on 10/08/2007 11:30:00 AM PDT by Badeye (Free Willie!)
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To: txflake

Well what do you know, all along I thought George Bush was the Commander in Chief.


9 posted on 10/08/2007 11:30:13 AM PDT by traderrob6
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Bruce Reidel, a former CIA Middle East officer, said: "Cheney's people know they can beat Condi.

And no doubt a Carter-ite.

10 posted on 10/08/2007 11:30:14 AM PDT by what's up
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Can’t we just hire the Russians to do it?


11 posted on 10/08/2007 11:30:30 AM PDT by Paladin2 (We don't fix the problem, we fix the blame!)
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To: rubeng
LOL, VP Cheney has got to be chuckling over this one!
12 posted on 10/08/2007 11:31:07 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: ought-six

More importantly, we don’t have the troops.


13 posted on 10/08/2007 11:31:23 AM PDT by I Like Lincoln
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To: txflake

Bruce Reidel is an advisor to Bill Richardson’s Presidential campaign from what I can tell.

I seriously doubt anyone at the Whitehouse takes his calls, to be polite about it, and as such I doubt he has any idea whats going on inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, let alone between Cheney and Gates.

Google is a wonderful thing, when used effectively.


14 posted on 10/08/2007 11:35:15 AM PDT by Badeye (Free Willie!)
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To: Orange1998

“May I suggest you put your flame suit on.”

Flame away. I’m a Vietnam vet. I know what it looks like when the government loses the will to fight.


15 posted on 10/08/2007 11:35:22 AM PDT by ought-six ("Give me liberty, or give me death!")
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To: ought-six

Quite right! BUMP


16 posted on 10/08/2007 11:37:01 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: G Larry
"I’m not sure that I’m accepting this report at face value. "

I agree with this, but I can't deny it either. One thing that I have sensed is that Dick Cheney is the one with the cajones. That's why my rear bumper says CHENY 07. Bush should resign, let the move-ons deal with Cheney, with Rummy as VP. They will be apoplectic for 18 months.

17 posted on 10/08/2007 11:37:27 AM PDT by matthew fuller (One of five dems are ADMITTED enemies of the USA; The rest lie.)
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Pentagon sources say Mr Gates is waging a subtle campaign to undermine the Cheney camp by encouraging the army's senior officers to speak frankly about the overstretch of forces, and the difficulty of fighting another war.

Hmmm. This doesn't seem to jibe with what General Petraeus has been saying lately about Iran.

18 posted on 10/08/2007 11:38:47 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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While I’m a bit skeptical, I can say one thing for sure that does jibe with this article . . . I have noticed a recent spike in the media of late with military figures talking about how our forces are overstretched in Iraq.


19 posted on 10/08/2007 11:41:19 AM PDT by rubeng
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Link below shows how rumor and disinformation eventually end up on the front page as fact:

http://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/post-labor-day-product-rollout-war-with.html

20 posted on 10/08/2007 11:41:20 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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