Robert Gates said...

I think there ought to be a firm deadline at 6 months. I think the Iranians are world-class experts in slow-rolling thei...

this results in a bureaucracy which has the fine motor skills of a dinosaur

we've lost our ability to prioritize, to make hard decisions, to do tough analysis, to make trades.

As I sat there I thought, the president doesn't trust his commander, can't stand Karzai, doesn't believe it his own stra...