Robert Gates may never gain entry to Heaven.
But what do I know. Maybe, within a generation, Heaven shall also be taken over in a hostile challenge by the entity known as Allah, and only those who have actively performed to allow Islam to gain worldwide ascendancy shall be allowed in.
Try that argument on your friends who believe in “co-existence”.
Gates struggled mightily against the military industrial complex who wanted to sell the latest "toys" because the acquisition system would not support the problem we actually had - protect and support troops in the war we actually have.
Gates was part of the enemy that needed to be subdued so we can retire the A-10 and replace it with the F-35.
Gates is simply wrong about Trump, but Gates spent a lot of his career fighting the DC self-absorbed leaches.
“But what do I know. Maybe, within a generation, Heaven shall also be taken over in a hostile challenge by the entity known as Allah, and only those who have actively performed to allow Islam to gain worldwide ascendancy shall be allowed in.”
No.
Nope.
YOur paragraph here is comic book fantasy.
I have read and I believe the Good Book that speaks of the Resurrection and Reign of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.