Robert Gates said...

An attack on Iran would make a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable. They would just bury the program deeper and make it more covert.

Gates warned that military action would lead to Iran's nuclear program becoming more secretive.

12/31/2011

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So there will be boots on the ground if there is to be any hope of success in the strategy.

it's a terrible way to budget. I mean, it is a gimmick.

We cannot kill our way to victory in these situations.

We want everything that's possible, and a lot of things that aren't possible, in a new system.