Gates admits he is no military expert

[SHRED]

Well there you have it.
Right from the Secretary of Defense.
This new honesty is refreshing...frightening?... yes, but refreshing.
At least they are admitting their incompetence now.
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"...At one point Gates, just three weeks on the job, told lawmakers, “I would confess I'm no expert on Iraq.” Later, asked about reaching the right balance between American and Iraqi forces, he told the panel he was “no expert on military matters.”

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070112/NEWS01/701120348

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[Just-plain-Kathy]

1. God, this gets worst every day.

[WI_DEM]

2. which is why the chimp appointed him Defense Secretary

[Occulus]

3. Whaaaaaaaaat???

You've got to be pulling our chain.

No. I read it in the link you provided. Jesus.

We are in DEEP trouble.

[lpbk2713]

4. Smirky selected him just like he selected a former FEMA Director.

The former FEMA Director's previous experience was as a horse show judge. And we all know how he did a heck of a job.

[billybob537]

5. No real expert

would sell his credability to Shrub. I think we just reached the point where we can start holding our breath until this long nightmare is be over.

[aquart]

6. Is hoping to become one?

Is he, I dunno, taking a course, reading some books, asking some questions?

Is he, maybe, EMBARRASSED to be so inadequately qualified for his job?

[Daylin Byak]

7. You are not a military expert but yet your the secretary of defense

God that's rich.

[jwirr]

8. There are experts: the ex-generals who have spoken up against

the war, the diplomats who have spoken up against the war, the ex-ambassadors who have spoken up against the war, the former heads of Department of Defense and State who have spoken up against the war and the voters of the US who have voted against this war. You can't go wrong, Gates, if you listen to them.

[MGD]

9. I'll bet he's an expert on agreeing with his boss though.

what a fucking chump.

[SHRED]

10. that is how he got the job!

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

11. It's a match made in heaven. :sarcasm: