Robert Gates said...

He would be candid and honest, willing to tell the President straight from the shoulder what he needs to hear.

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

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

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