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Gates: Biden Made a Mistake with Handling
of Afghanistan Withdrawal

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Posted By: Imright, 10/17/2021 10:54:45 PM

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believed President Joe Biden made a mistake with how he handled the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Gates told Anderson Cooper that he thinks Biden has “gotten a lot wrong” during his four decades in politics.“You wrote Joe Biden ‘is a man of integrity. Still, I think he’s been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,'” Cooper noted.Gates replied, “I think he’s gotten a lot wrong.” Gates went on to say he Biden made a mistake but

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 10/17/2021 11:16:20 PM (No. 949306)
Holy croak, Gates. What ever gave you THAT idea?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 10/17/2021 11:17:04 PM (No. 949307)
This is a lot like someone coming by and looking at a collapsed bridge laying in the river and saying "someone made a mistake on that bridge"........well, DUH! ANYONE could tell that NOW.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: itsonlyme 10/17/2021 11:17:39 PM (No. 949308)
Thank you Captain Obvious
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Newtsche 10/17/2021 11:18:58 PM (No. 949311)
Biden's actions resulted in exactly what he (his handlers) intended.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: texaspast 10/17/2021 11:24:00 PM (No. 949318)
And your first clue was . . . what, Sherlock?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: JrSample 10/17/2021 11:32:51 PM (No. 949327)
Well, during the campaign Biden did say that he wanted to ''build back better''. He just didn't specify that he meant the Taliban.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: formerNYer 10/17/2021 11:33:47 PM (No. 949329)
Gates also said that the sun will rise tomorrow.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: qr4j 10/18/2021 12:28:36 AM (No. 949357)
Secretary Numb Nuts
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Reply 9 - Posted by: stablemoney 10/18/2021 2:20:19 AM (No. 949386)
Is this supposed to be the official certification? Great, we have the Gates signoff, so officially, Joe Biden made a HUGE mistake, only a DA would make.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: coyote 10/18/2021 4:00:48 AM (No. 949408)
Secretary Gates was quite diplomatic in this interview, he didn't step very hard on any "important" toes.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 10/18/2021 5:07:39 AM (No. 949422)
Communists love to mislead by the words they choose. Usually when I think of “mistake,” I think of an inadvertent error. Same with “inappropriate.” When they say Horn Dog has “inappropriate” relationships, a more correct word would be “immoral.’ But that’s too judgmental so they soften it up. Xiden did not make a “mistake.” His actions were deliberate and calculated.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: DCGIRL 10/18/2021 5:43:44 AM (No. 949445)
Coming from another deep state clown.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: mifla 10/18/2021 7:19:43 AM (No. 949488)
Good to know. Thanks for the update.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Krause 10/18/2021 7:48:39 AM (No. 949504)
Biden's Afghanistan fiasco cost 13 military people their lives. That's directly on him. And I don't think he really cares, either.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: downnout 10/18/2021 7:52:36 AM (No. 949509)
A man of integrity??? Are you kidding?!
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Reply 16 - Posted by: philsner 10/18/2021 8:35:20 AM (No. 949549)
Ya think?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: ROLFNader 10/18/2021 8:57:43 AM (No. 949577)
Agree with #12. Gates prolly voted for him.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: DW626 10/18/2021 9:30:22 AM (No. 949617)
I take it that none of you watched this, or very little of the Gates interview. Because after they talked about the planned Afghanistan fiasco the interview turned into a President Trump and MAGA slamfest. It was on tv when I was eating at my mom's house. What disgusting USA loathing cretins we have in the swamp and at the levers of power.. There’s no way, IMHO, that they will ever be removed without violent force. The ballot box obviously didn’t work. I really hate being pessimistic and cynical, and pray I’m dead wrong.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: bigfatslob 10/18/2021 11:19:00 AM (No. 949729)
Gates you are so observant Ray Charles could see that one. It was on purpose, you dupe, all orchestrated by the Kenyan, Obama. Gifted arms to the Taliban in the process of hurting Trump's plan so the administration could high five on 9-11. Notice no Republicans were in attendance at the memorial while Bush was sent to the woods in Pennsylvania. It was all by design you PX warrior, Gates.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: bighambone 10/18/2021 12:22:18 PM (No. 949797)
Gates is a bureaucratic “insider” who said that he was a great admirer and believer of the DC “interagency” (Swamp) and had no use for “outsiders” like Trump who he hoped would get lost rather than run for President in 2024. Gates comments concerning Biden were revealing, especially Biden’s past wrong foreign policy decisions over decades that show that Biden is not that smart, and now with his declining cognitive abilities, that Biden’s future decisions, could well be a danger to the nation, that is if they are not being surreptitiously guided by the “someone else” who is actually running what goes on in the White House these days.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: anniebc 10/18/2021 7:33:28 PM (No. 950133)
Captain Gates.
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