Robert Gates actually said...

I think, like -- like most people on the front lines in a battle, they would always like to have more forces.

Gates reflects on the troops' desire for more support during discussions about U.S. military strategy in Iraq.

12/20/2006

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The Chinese have played a lot of clips of what happened at the Capitol on January 6. And in their propaganda... have talked about how we’re ...

I think part of the problem is that at the end of the Cold War, we were affected by triumphalism or hubris, whatever you want to call it.

The President does not like having countervailing opinions, he does not like being disagreed with.

I'm kind of pessimistic for the near term.