Secretary Gates - We Are In It To Win
Could it be that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is at odds with his boss, President Obama? Gates, upon arriving in Afghanistan on Tuesday morning gave the troops this message; "We are in this thing to win" This is certainly not the message sent from the Presidents mouth and in fact is contradictory to statements previously made by the President. When President Obama, aka The Commander in Chief, gave his lackluster and throughly uninspiring speech to military cadets at West Point last week not once did he utter the word victory. It should be clear in everyones mind by now The Commander in Chief has no concern for winning the war our American men and women are being sent to fight. Afghanistan, like Vietnam, may well turn out to be a war for the politicians. And it may primarily be about fueling the Military Industrial Complex so as to provide military contracts for the industries who business it is to provide the armaments and supplies ...