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

Such an attack would make a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable.

No more continuing resolutions.

Allies are a huge asset and in not understanding that I think is a real problem.

Without proper and predictable funding, no amount of reform or clever reorganization will provide America with a military capable of accomplishing the missions it's assigned to.