tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post8239506537704571428..comments2024-03-27T07:42:27.263-04:00Comments on A Colonel of Truth: THE SEVEN RED LINES THAT MATTER Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-53882520204996656532014-04-04T18:00:43.378-04:002014-04-04T18:00:43.378-04:00Sir!,I read the book every page of it,by Bob Gates...Sir!,I read the book every page of it,by Bob Gates own words this administration was more interested in politics than taking advice on trying to save the troops,I happened to be one of those troops so I do have my opinion.I can't help but wonder how many casualties we suffered while the troop surge was debated.i'll skip my thoughts on rather Mr Gates should have left or stayed,but I would have let in known where I stood as he did at West Point in 2011.i still don't know,was this administration to political and incompetent or caring and engaged.Keith Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640767148353916386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-14345405763134102602014-04-04T13:54:59.032-04:002014-04-04T13:54:59.032-04:00Mr. Smith,
First, read his book. Then read more t...Mr. Smith, <br />First, read his book. Then read more to validate. I did not say Mr. Gates was the perfect SecDef. What I said was he cared about country, cared deeply for men and women in uniform and did all in his power to support them, and was (is) a patriot. Are there variables of his duty to question? Sure. And I did e.g., his understanding of Afghanistan. But your hasty comment comes across as driven by ill-informed emotion vice fact. Thanks for reading and opining. AFWA Colonel of Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968917380253732621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-81920036104218174882014-04-04T13:41:50.324-04:002014-04-04T13:41:50.324-04:00Col,your usually spot on with your assessment of o...Col,your usually spot on with your assessment of our leadership.But in this case I disagree with your assessment of Bob Gates,how could you do the bidding of a President so unattached that he didn't believe in the mission or the commanders leading the mission,was it to protect the men on the battlefield that he stayed on as SECDEF? I don't think so,Bob Gates is a career politician who enjoyed the power and standing he had.Had I felt the way he did I would have given my resignation effective in 30 days.Then after Call condemning the administration and his advisors he went on every talk show and walked it back.Even praising the same man he condemned in his book.In the meantime his assessment was right,time after time this administration has proved to be COWARDS!Keith Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640767148353916386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-17605172037952093982014-04-03T16:37:46.749-04:002014-04-03T16:37:46.749-04:00He was surprised about the civic/social structure ...He was surprised about the civic/social structure in Afghanistan, yet spend his adult life in that very environment inside the US government. The description of Afghanistan in your post exactly mirrors the pol mil bureaucracy of the US... Things that make you go hmmmmm...<br /><br />Thanks for the info on the book. May have to read soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com