Posted on 04/17/2010 5:33:08 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Gates Says U.S. Lacks Strategy to Curb Irans Nuclear Drive By DAVID E. SANGER and THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON 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 Irans steady progress toward nuclear capability, according to government officials familiar with the document.
Several officials said the highly classified analysis, written in January to President Obamas national security adviser, Gen. James L. Jones, touched off an intense effort inside the Pentagon, the White House and the intelligence agencies to develop new options for Mr. Obama. They include a revised set of military alternatives, still under development, to be considered should diplomacy and sanctions fail to force Iran to change course.
Officials familiar with the memos contents would describe only portions dealing with strategy and policy, and not sections that apparently dealt with secret operations against Iran, or how to deal with Persian Gulf allies.
One senior official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the memo, described the document as a wake-up call. But White House officials dispute that view, insisting that for 15 months they had been conducting detailed planning for many possible outcomes regarding Irans nuclear program.
In an interview on Friday, General Jones declined to speak about the memorandum. But he said: On Iran, we are doing what we said we were going to do. The fact that we dont announce publicly our entire strategy for the world to see doesnt mean we dont have a strategy that anticipates the full range of contingencies we do.
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Not Obama's fault. Cover up by NYT.
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?
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?
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”.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you to find out we have no frigging strategy.
The very definition of incompetent.
There is no other term.
This guy is gonna get us all killed.
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.
Obama has got all the use he needs out of Gates so he goes under the bus now.
Absolutely no shit?
Gates Says U.S. Lacks Strategy to Curb Irans Nuclear Drive
TOP SECRET STRATEGY FOR GATES:
Nuke Iran it worked on Japan
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?
No, the administration lacks the WILL!
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.
I think you’re right.
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.
Its not that we lack the strategy, its that this administration lacks the balls to do anything about it.
No sh_t, Sherlock.
What strategy can there be when odumbo supports a nuclear Iran
Strategies, plural. Gates should have several strategies, so the Commander in Chief can pick and choose.
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