Robert Gates said...

I soon learned that the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks...

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

My concern is that I don't see an overreaching--or overriding strategy on the part of the United States with this comple...

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