“It’s sort of a cartoonish impression of military capabilities and military forces,” Gates said, referring to morning-after analysis. “The one thing that our forces are noted for is planning and preparation before we send people in harm’s way, and there just wasn’t time to do that.”
That will come as a big surprise to our military. Going in harms way, without knowing the outcome, is what the military does. If you could promise them safety, they’d be social workers, not military. Heck, I flew a lot of sorties in ejection seats, because what we did wasn’t safe.
Hell, only someone with no knowledge of the real military would say something like that - someone like Gates.
I’ve hated the bastard since the time he publicly criticized the US Air Force for a decision he made. The USAF sucked it up because you don’t call the SecDef a damned liar, but anyone familiar with the situation knew Gates personally made the decision he then attacked the US Air Force for carrying out.
Exactly. That’s their job. They knew the sitauation in Lybia. Why else do you have Special Forces in the country? Gates is blowing smoke.