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		<title>By: truong web</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 03:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love how this is portrayed as some kind of hypocrisy too.   the President Obama, elected 
twice with clear majorities, was seen as the anti-war candidate

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love how this is portrayed as some kind of hypocrisy too.   the President Obama, elected<br />
twice with clear majorities, was seen as the anti-war candidate</p>
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		<title>By: truong web</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;d like to thank Robert Gates very much. His stunning book is real life that  the President didn&#039;t believe in what the military mission he was committing troops. And Gates belief that he could stabilize the country demonstrates.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d like to thank Robert Gates very much. His stunning book is real life that  the President didn&#8217;t believe in what the military mission he was committing troops. And Gates belief that he could stabilize the country demonstrates.</p>
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		<title>By: kasandra</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 21:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you should read before you spew.  My comment, to which you responded by talking about Iraq, concerned Afghanistan and Obama&#039;s setting of his Afghanistan policy with an eye on how it would effect him politically.  Even though in 2008 he ran on the basis that this was the &quot;good war&quot; we needed to fight, he premised his Afghanistan surge coupled with a promised pull out soon thereafter on his need to keep his left-wing base in line for the 2010 congressional elections, not on the strategic or military requirements of his objectives in Afghanistan (whatever they may be).  Nor did I say that he is a hypocrite (although, now that you mention it, he is).  My comment was directed towards showing that Sec. Gates&#039; revelation that Obama views his Afghanistan policy mostly with an eye to its domestic political effects on him was shown revealed in 2009 and is nothing new and goes back at least as far as 2009.  So why are you talking about Iraq, and hypocrisy and the 2012 elections and all the other junk in your post?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you should read before you spew.  My comment, to which you responded by talking about Iraq, concerned Afghanistan and Obama&#8217;s setting of his Afghanistan policy with an eye on how it would effect him politically.  Even though in 2008 he ran on the basis that this was the &#8220;good war&#8221; we needed to fight, he premised his Afghanistan surge coupled with a promised pull out soon thereafter on his need to keep his left-wing base in line for the 2010 congressional elections, not on the strategic or military requirements of his objectives in Afghanistan (whatever they may be).  Nor did I say that he is a hypocrite (although, now that you mention it, he is).  My comment was directed towards showing that Sec. Gates&#8217; revelation that Obama views his Afghanistan policy mostly with an eye to its domestic political effects on him was shown revealed in 2009 and is nothing new and goes back at least as far as 2009.  So why are you talking about Iraq, and hypocrisy and the 2012 elections and all the other junk in your post?</p>
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		<title>By: WW4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Miz Kankles may desire a &#039;neutral&#039; or bipartisan party VP running mate, after the Dem hierarchy left her alone at the altar. We all knew it was her turn.&quot;



I can&#039;t see it being a realistic expectation, but it&#039;s an interesting theory.


Naturally Hillary is going to come out looking good compared to the freshman senator from Chicago. There aren&#039;t a lot of people in Washington who don&#039;t think she&#039;s capable of leadership, and it&#039;s not because they &quot;fear&quot; her, but because it&#039;s likely true. Republicans lost 2008 in part because they simply assumed she would be their opponent, and they had a backlog of Clinton Conspiracy Industry to throw at her. I think she&#039;s accepted that it worked out well for her, because Clinton fatigue was still a factor in 2008; won&#039;t be in 2016.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Miz Kankles may desire a &#8216;neutral&#8217; or bipartisan party VP running mate, after the Dem hierarchy left her alone at the altar. We all knew it was her turn.&#8221;</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t see it being a realistic expectation, but it&#8217;s an interesting theory.</p>
<p>Naturally Hillary is going to come out looking good compared to the freshman senator from Chicago. There aren&#8217;t a lot of people in Washington who don&#8217;t think she&#8217;s capable of leadership, and it&#8217;s not because they &#8220;fear&#8221; her, but because it&#8217;s likely true. Republicans lost 2008 in part because they simply assumed she would be their opponent, and they had a backlog of Clinton Conspiracy Industry to throw at her. I think she&#8217;s accepted that it worked out well for her, because Clinton fatigue was still a factor in 2008; won&#8217;t be in 2016.</p>
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		<title>By: WW4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love how this is portrayed as some kind of hypocrisy. Obama, elected twice with clear majorities, was seen as the anti-war candidate. His election, and re-election, reflect the fact that a majority of Americans came to see the Iraq War as a big mistake. Now think about that: do you think if Americans were keen to prosecute that war we&#039;d have twice elected a democrat? In fact the war(s) were barely an issue in the 2012 elections. And &quot;domestic political considerations&quot; would I hope be a high priority for any elected official.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love how this is portrayed as some kind of hypocrisy. Obama, elected twice with clear majorities, was seen as the anti-war candidate. His election, and re-election, reflect the fact that a majority of Americans came to see the Iraq War as a big mistake. Now think about that: do you think if Americans were keen to prosecute that war we&#8217;d have twice elected a democrat? In fact the war(s) were barely an issue in the 2012 elections. And &#8220;domestic political considerations&#8221; would I hope be a high priority for any elected official.</p>
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		<title>By: WW4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When attempting critical thought, it&#039;s a good idea to apply the same standards to your side as you do to your opponents.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When attempting critical thought, it&#8217;s a good idea to apply the same standards to your side as you do to your opponents.</p>
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		<title>By: WW4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would say he&#039;s effed it up THE SAME. Actually less, since he didn&#039;t decide that the military could be used to to turn Iraq into a democracy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would say he&#8217;s effed it up THE SAME. Actually less, since he didn&#8217;t decide that the military could be used to to turn Iraq into a democracy.</p>
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		<title>By: justquitnow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes Clinton and Obama….they should face charges for destabilizing the Middle East….derp]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes Clinton and Obama….they should face charges for destabilizing the Middle East….derp</p>
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		<title>By: justquitnow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You guys will be rewriting Bush for the rest of your lives. Good luck with this bizarro world.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You guys will be rewriting Bush for the rest of your lives. Good luck with this bizarro world.</p>
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		<title>By: y3524m</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;No, if Gates had possessed more integrity than ego, or ambition, he would have resigned after he became aware that politics trumped winning and/or troop safety. It became only an attrition game.&quot;

that statement and that alone should point out clearly that you are demented. damn the torpedoes, abandon ship? if it isn&#039;t all perfect, dump the cause? What utopian world did you crawl out from under some rock?

What politician, leader of anything does not possess the character traits of &quot;ego, or ambition&quot;? Since when has anyone been so foolhardy and naive enough to expect integrity from ANY Politician. 



You simply spin webs felling good about yourself but you are exceptionally Naive and fos.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;No, if Gates had possessed more integrity than ego, or ambition, he would have resigned after he became aware that politics trumped winning and/or troop safety. It became only an attrition game.&#8221;</p>
<p>that statement and that alone should point out clearly that you are demented. damn the torpedoes, abandon ship? if it isn&#8217;t all perfect, dump the cause? What utopian world did you crawl out from under some rock?</p>
<p>What politician, leader of anything does not possess the character traits of &#8220;ego, or ambition&#8221;? Since when has anyone been so foolhardy and naive enough to expect integrity from ANY Politician. </p>
<p>You simply spin webs felling good about yourself but you are exceptionally Naive and fos.</p>
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		<title>By: y3524m</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Templar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your veiled threats and posturing qualify you for a quick ousting from all the sites you post on.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your veiled threats and posturing qualify you for a quick ousting from all the sites you post on.</p>
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		<title>By: Nhóm Đào Tạo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 04:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[secondly, you still don&#039;t get it that the article has as much to do with your personal opinion

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>secondly, you still don&#8217;t get it that the article has as much to do with your personal opinion</p>
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		<title>By: Nhóm Đào Tạo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 04:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[in some FUBAR s__thole. And they don&#039;t have to wonder about the 
absurdity of how what they&#039;re doing under fire is supposed to have any 
bearing on your and my safety.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>in some FUBAR s__thole. And they don&#8217;t have to wonder about the<br />
absurdity of how what they&#8217;re doing under fire is supposed to have any<br />
bearing on your and my safety.</p>
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		<title>By: onecornpone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YAWN... Ho Hum... 

&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;... belittling those you disagree with or acting in the condescending manner which you are quite skilled at.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

I quote you again... &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;cute cut and paste, selected minor points, do you need it spoonfed to you...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

YOU made the &lt;b&gt;FIRST&lt;/b&gt; move Skippy, otherwise I would have never noticed you, nor would I have spoken to you.  

Perhaps next time you drag in drunk on your @$$, you&#039;ll turn on the light, so as to be able to avoid stumbling over the sleeping rattlers.  

Answer my question you coward, &quot;Will you still be &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;thankful that Gates wrote the book&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; when he is campaigning for Hillary in 2015/16?&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YAWN&#8230; Ho Hum&#8230; </p>
<p><i><b>&#8230; belittling those you disagree with or acting in the condescending manner which you are quite skilled at.</b></i></p>
<p>I quote you again&#8230; <i><b>cute cut and paste, selected minor points, do you need it spoonfed to you&#8230;</b></i></p>
<p>YOU made the <b>FIRST</b> move Skippy, otherwise I would have never noticed you, nor would I have spoken to you.  </p>
<p>Perhaps next time you drag in drunk on your @$$, you&#8217;ll turn on the light, so as to be able to avoid stumbling over the sleeping rattlers.  </p>
<p>Answer my question you coward, &#8220;Will you still be <i><b>thankful that Gates wrote the book</b></i> when he is campaigning for Hillary in 2015/16?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: onecornpone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Was that not his job?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

No, if Gates had possessed more integrity than ego, or ambition, he would have resigned after he became aware that politics trumped winning and/or troop safety.  It became only an attrition game.   

Since Gates was appointed by a (R), his staying in,  allowed the impression of bipartisan DoD leadership or cooperation within the political parties.  

Did you never contemplate why the most virulently  hyper-partisan regime in decades held Gates over - through the entire first term?   Did you never wonder why Gates stayed in, when O&#039;s ever-evolving ROE caused more and more dangerous situations for U.S. troops?  

 Gates writing this self serving little tell-all borders on unethical and is at least tacky, squared!  

I never said anything about this book was &quot;shocking&quot;.  Take up that argument with those who think it is replete with earthshaking revelations that may matter to anyone, ever.  His snarky little inside stories could have made a difference, IF he had spoken up in mid-summer, 2012.    

I see it as perhaps being a pathetic campaign of a regretful career bureaucrat attempting to salvage his career/reputation... without any concern for those who suffered under the policies he oversaw.  

&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Were we supposed to think Obama didn&#039;t want to find the exit after his campaigns promised us he&#039;d do that?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

Ask Robert Gates that question.  I offered no argument on any such proposition.  

For me, the question is WHY did Gates stay in so long and what gave him the impression this book would be well received by ANYONE?  

Perhaps we&#039;re supposed to view him as a martyr?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i><b>Was that not his job?</b></i></p>
<p>No, if Gates had possessed more integrity than ego, or ambition, he would have resigned after he became aware that politics trumped winning and/or troop safety.  It became only an attrition game.   </p>
<p>Since Gates was appointed by a (R), his staying in,  allowed the impression of bipartisan DoD leadership or cooperation within the political parties.  </p>
<p>Did you never contemplate why the most virulently  hyper-partisan regime in decades held Gates over &#8211; through the entire first term?   Did you never wonder why Gates stayed in, when O&#8217;s ever-evolving ROE caused more and more dangerous situations for U.S. troops?  </p>
<p> Gates writing this self serving little tell-all borders on unethical and is at least tacky, squared!  </p>
<p>I never said anything about this book was &#8220;shocking&#8221;.  Take up that argument with those who think it is replete with earthshaking revelations that may matter to anyone, ever.  His snarky little inside stories could have made a difference, IF he had spoken up in mid-summer, 2012.    </p>
<p>I see it as perhaps being a pathetic campaign of a regretful career bureaucrat attempting to salvage his career/reputation&#8230; without any concern for those who suffered under the policies he oversaw.  </p>
<p><i><b>Were we supposed to think Obama didn&#8217;t want to find the exit after his campaigns promised us he&#8217;d do that?</b></i></p>
<p>Ask Robert Gates that question.  I offered no argument on any such proposition.  </p>
<p>For me, the question is WHY did Gates stay in so long and what gave him the impression this book would be well received by ANYONE?  </p>
<p>Perhaps we&#8217;re supposed to view him as a martyr?</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your friend and hero Obummer has effed it up worse than Bush and that is saying something. Everybody was afraid of Bush, everybody laughs at Obummer.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your friend and hero Obummer has effed it up worse than Bush and that is saying something. Everybody was afraid of Bush, everybody laughs at Obummer.</p>
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		<title>By: celador2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinton and Obama should face criminal charges for reckless misconduct Destabilizing the ME as they have with Arab Springs and Libya they opened the door for jihad and access to WMDs that Bush had contained with Gadhafi. They made the world a jihad haven.
Impeach him and include her in the cross fire trickle down Judiciary com hearings. it does make a difference.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clinton and Obama should face criminal charges for reckless misconduct Destabilizing the ME as they have with Arab Springs and Libya they opened the door for jihad and access to WMDs that Bush had contained with Gadhafi. They made the world a jihad haven.<br />
Impeach him and include her in the cross fire trickle down Judiciary com hearings. it does make a difference.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[the american left will not be happy until the war is brought to these shores and massive amount of death is visited upon this nation .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the american left will not be happy until the war is brought to these shores and massive amount of death is visited upon this nation .</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well said!  This whole thing is a travesty.  We had a visitor the other day, someone who still works in the military and the things he told us are unbelievable.  In fact, so much of it has been going on since the Clinton admin that it is now ENTRENCHED in the military and should someone decide to overturn some recent EOs, it would take another 2-3 decades to quell it.  We worked with the military community overseas for 3 decades, ourselves and did not realize the depravity was so bad.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said!  This whole thing is a travesty.  We had a visitor the other day, someone who still works in the military and the things he told us are unbelievable.  In fact, so much of it has been going on since the Clinton admin that it is now ENTRENCHED in the military and should someone decide to overturn some recent EOs, it would take another 2-3 decades to quell it.  We worked with the military community overseas for 3 decades, ourselves and did not realize the depravity was so bad.</p>
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