It is no secret that our former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency was not a fan of Joe Biden when he saw him up close and personal as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as our Vice President. Gates was also present when then Vice President Biden urged President Obama over the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff not to launch the daring raid that ultimately took out Osama Ben Laden. His statement in Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, “I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades” has continued to be remarkably prophetic since Joe Biden assumed office as President.
Having served in the Department of Defense both in uniform and as a government employee when Robert Gates was at the helm, I can assure you not only was he no nonsense and apolitical with no axe to grind nor allegiance to a political party. In short, he called them as he saw them and was known in “The Building” (The Pentagon) for his ability quickly to size up one’s character and ability as a leader be it as a member of the military or as a civilian.
The current situation in Israel which has the potential to quickly engulf the entire Middle East once again demonstrates that Robert Gates was and continues to be on target regarding the lackluster abilities of our current Commander-in-Chief Joe Biden in foreign policy and national security. President Biden’s weak enforcement of sanctions against Iran and the recent release of billions of frozen assets of “humanitarian” aid surely served as the catalyst for the horror that Hamas is inflicting upon the people of Israel. In addition, if Iran openly enters the fight the very existence of the state of Israel may be threated and the United States will be pulled yet again into another conflict that could have been prevented had the Biden Administration demonstrated more resolve against Iran.
From our disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan (not coordinated with our NATO Allies) to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine prompted by our perceived weakness and resolve once again Robert Gates has proven that he is not only consistent in his assessment of Joe Biden’s ability in national security affairs but clairvoyant as well. Let’s hope for the sake not only our nation and the world that President Biden gets it right for once before it is too late.
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Many Republicans now say “seal the border” from this treat but when in elected to represent willfully choose not to do anything about illegal labor/illegal employment. Now as so many times in the past our representatives (National & State) run from their elected responsibilities to end this.
So these people just have to make their way to Virginia.
You will hear many folks wanting to do something but that something involves Billions and has know partial or percentage fix.
I ask;
What percentage of your tax dollars do you want to spend for just a percentage of security for corporate welfare via underground labor?
The elephant in the room is our open border which does not offer much hope for national security. After a while, there seems to be an out of the box pattern of deliberate sinister intentions that are continually dismissed by outright lies from the “selected” administration. The track record speaks for itself. We heard all about the hope and change regarding the transformation of American. Maybe we just need to open our eyes.
Biden is a puppet. Obama and his anti-American buddies are pulling the strings. Hopefully, they have miscalculated thanks to the horrors the Hamas attack has created. Even the blind can see with this one.