Note the framing: Gates a "career public servant" rather than a failure-plagued national security state functionarypic.twitter.com/t9zSqCMmgg
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he opposed, in vain obvs, Obama's Libya war. Not sure if anything else he's done has topped that.
So his advice was never heeded. Not the greatest "leadership"
If anything, he is an example of how US foreign policy has not fundamentally changed with the current administration.
Also had a lot of Latin Americans murdered, if memory serves.
and obama fired him
>> No wonder he's drawn to Hillary!
He was crucial to the Iran contra stuff so I guess that means he was successful.
agreed. Bipartisan praise usually means you're a mediocre schmuck, milquetoast character. No enemies in life = no accomplishments
fair enough, but who do you think trump would pick for his SecDef? General Flynn?
he achieved plenty just nothing to laud
high level deep state apparatchiks, especially those in military or intel, are presumptively above criticism - apolitical and wise
He scrubbed incriminating data from administration computers.
I have always thought so, too. The man oozes mediocrity, a spineless Yes-man.
@Trader_Moe obviously a "Deep State" insider. That's enough achievement right there.
.@mtracey most don't know Reagan ignored Gates, thereby saving us from WW3. Amazing Gates in now a hero to Dems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/01/07/robert-gates-was-wrong-on-the-most-important-issue-he-ever-faced/ …
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