Robert Gates said...

By continuing to repeat that the U.S. will not put boots on the ground, the President, in effect, traps himself.

the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months--not year...

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

My concern is, we don't have an overriding strategy on the part of the United States in this complex challenge over the ...