Gates Hints He Stepped Down As Defense Secretary Because Obama Is Willing To Surrender America’s Superpower Status…
(Caroline Glick via JPost) — Outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is worried about the shape of things to come in US foreign policy. In an interview with Newsweek over the weekend, Gates sounded the warning bells.
In Gates’ words, “I’ve spent my entire adult life with the United States as a superpower, and one that had no compunction about spending what it took to sustain that position. It didn’t have to look over its shoulder because our economy was so strong. This is a different time.
“To tell you the truth, that’s one of the many reasons it’s time for me to retire, because frankly I can’t imagine being part of a nation, part of a government . . . that’s being forced to dramatically scale back our engagement with the rest of the world.”
What Gates is effectively saying is not that economic forecasts are gloomy. US defense spending comprises less than five percent of the federal budget. If US President Barack Obama wanted to maintain that level of spending, the Republican-controlled Congress would probably pass his defense budget. What Gates is saying is that he doesn’t trust his commander in chief to allocate the resources to preserve America’s superpower status. He is saying that he believes that Obama is willing to surrender the US’s status as a superpower.
THIS WOULD be a stunning statement for any defense secretary to make about the policies of a US President. It is especially stunning coming from Gates. Gates began his tenure at the Pentagon under Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush immediately after the Republican defeat in the 2006 mid-term Congressional elections.
Many conservatives hailed Obama’s decision to retain Gates as defense secretary as a belated admission that Bush’s aggressive counter-terror policies were correct. These claims ignored the fact that in his last two years in office, with the exception of the surge of troops in Iraq, under the guidance of Gates and then secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, Bush’s foreign policies veered very far to the Left.
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“It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them,” Obama said.
He made his view clear a while back. This should be no surprise.
Even an honorable man like Gates can only take so much…. There is no honor serving for a fool.
Kev…
Exactly my first thoughts well…a real shocker I tell ya.
Glad some others are waking up…but you watch Gates backtrack on this too with the msm Talking-Heads, or a better way of putting it is ‘Spin’…I’ve seen him do this time and again, so it is what it is.
Just wished some people would stick to their guns..but I about give up on that anymore.
Gate’s, I knew Irwin Rommel, and you are no Irwin Rommel.
Obama is an enemy of the USA. That much, we know. Are you willing to accept the fact that every single person that voted for him and still defends him today is ALSO an enemy of the USA? This is what we are up against. Obama MUST be stopped. If it takes until the next election, then so be it, but in no way can it take longer than the next election. Barry and his ilk, including Van Jones, Cas Sunstein and all of the rest must VANQUISHED!
We now know beyond any shred of doubt that there are forces aligned against the United States, from WITHIN the United States that are working tirelessly to destroy this nation. They are never going to give up. There is only one way to stop them and you know what that is. You’d better be ready for it – or you better get used to the idea of living your life as a slave.
I sure as hell am not going to be taking direction from some world court or global government. That’s why I invest heavily in precious metals: copper, brass and lead. Give me liberty, or give me death. Ya’ hear that, Barry???
Black Liberation Theology is neither liberating or a theology. It is a knock-off version of communism, and Gates knows this like the back of his hand ’cause he deals with propaganda all day long.
Maybe he can be on the clean-up team that jumps in after the 2012 election to clean out the current administration and start getting us back on course.
I think the picture makes it all clear. Gates hates the man…and for good reason.
Sorry I didn’t finish before….
Unfortunately, Gates did his bidding, particularly with DADT. You can’t serve a fool without becoming one yourself. It’s a little late for Gates to be finding that out.
Huh. Bush’s foreign policy veered very far to the LEFT? Under the advice and counsel of Condolezza Rice and……………GATES?!?!
YES, Gate is, deep in his heart, a Progressive, Bush, not so much so. Wonder if Dubya reads this crap and wonders about Gates……..and Rice.
I sure do.
PatriotWarMonger–Obama is an enemy of the USA. That much, we know. Are you willing to accept the fact that every single person that voted for him and still defends him today is ALSO an enemy of the USA?
Oh, brother! Lay off the sauce!
Patriot WarMonger-you have it figured out. What has bothered me for so long is Gates can’t look anyone in the eye when he speaks. He knows the fraud is hell bent on destroying this Country and hasn’t done a damn thing. Mullen is right there beside him.
@anti-neocon2
I better lay off the sauce too because I fundamentally agree with him.
It’s obvious that Obama is not an American, he has coddled Muslims all over the globe and behaved in a lawless manner all along. Gates served him, and if he has a bad taste in his mouth, its his own fault. Maybe he though he could do some good, but I am sick of all the political people who play the game and then weakly ‘hint’ that something is wrong.
The whole thing is wrong. Obama should not be in the White House. Politicians who ignore the false documents, and the illegal use of SSNs, and all of his cronies appointed to cover for him AT OUR EXPENSE, are not going to get any sympathy or support from me.
Obama must go, the sooner the better, and I don’t care how it happens, I just want to wake and and find him gone.
Disgusting, queer, liar – that’s Obama!
What is new here, didn’t this POS say, ” WE are 5 days away from
fundamentally transforming America.” Do we think he was kidding,
don’t think so, this man meant exactly what he said and is damn well on
his way to accomplish this as his top priority……
Zippers i feel we will not last until 2012, this President and his administration
is hell bent on destroying America one way or the other……
If the Republicans candidates don’t call this man out and really inform the
people exactly what they are trying to do to our country, then we may lose
the battle before the war even begins………
@ Big Dawg
John Bolton doesn’t call him ” The first post American President” for nothing….
For anyone who is still awake;
http://www.carolineglick.com/
PatriotWarMonger.. I agree.. and unfortunately Hussein bin Obama and his leftist and Mohammedan swine collaborators are more motivated to destroy America than most Americans are to prevent it.. It’s bad enough Zero is actively damaging the economy but do we know for certain that he will not secretly arrange for the Russians and Chinese and their Venezuelan, Iranian and Pakistani allies to turn our cities into rubble when he gives the go ahead? These are Truthers after all who believe Bush was behind 9/11.. and when there is an enemy in the WH all bets are off..
sb.. I’m still awake
‘Gates’s role in shaping this radical shift was evidenced by the positions he took on the issues of the day in the two years leading up to his replacement of Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon. In 2004, Gates co-authored a study for the Council on Foreign Relations with Israel foe Zbigniew Brzezinski calling for the US to draw closer to Iran at Israel’s expense.’
Gates is a piece of traitorous shit.. he helped bring about the present situation and he wants out of what he knows is coming..
Gates isn’t such a goody-two-shoes. He was a member of the infamous 2007 NIE report that falsely stated that Iran had stopped nuclear development since 2003. Now the Pentagon will be under the thumb of the Communist-aligned Leftist, Panetta. This is a very disturbing appointment – just as disturbing and dangerous as czars like Sunstein (whose outlook meshes with Panetta).
I am puzzled why there was unanimous approval of Panetta in the Senate today. (Where were DeMint and other Conservatives?)
@anti-neocon2
Just the kind of ignorant, head-up-your-gay-ass, oblivious libtard remark I would expect from another Obama-shits-unicorns-and-flowers asswipe. You stupid little sissy fucks are sure gonna’ be fun to watch when the SHTF. And when I say “watch”, I mean through my Leupold. Dumb fucks like you are the reason evil fucks like Mao, Stalin, Hitler and Obama get away with this shit. Go back down to your mother’s basement. I think you left your GameBox on.
Does Bammy think he will be able to jet around and vacation and golf the day away when we lose superpower status? Does he think other countries will invite him to come and speak and see the sights on the taxpayer dime when we are reduced to benchwarmer status. Once that superpower status is gone it won’t be coming back either. Lefty Mongtards that think we are some evil empire we’ll see how they like it when the standard of living is reduced and everyone is suffering equally like good lil’ comrades.
@PatriotWarMonger
I couldn’t have said it better myself – except I’ll be watching through my NightForce.
Gates is a man who resigned in disgrace.
Think of all the great men and women who have served and the putz Gates actually used the word “kinetic response” on Sunday on Fox.
If he were a man of honor he would have said what Obama has done to our country and our military in the last 2-1/2 years is treasonous.
But hey, he needs that new 6 figure income waiting for him right around the corner.
@PatriotWarMonger
Agreed…and I’ll be standing beside, and watching with you through my magnified EOTech.
@PatriotWarMonger, 100% AGREE!
Those voters that would vote for this narcissistic POS Ubama again, are enemies of America! 
Hope no one holds their breath waiting for Gates to say these words publicly.
His stance with the DADT issue says it all about this man.
I was not onboard with gates from day one. Everything I heard from him sounded squeeshy! Now I know why, S. Wolf posted that gates did work for the Council on Foreign Relations! I’m sure most of you know this, but ANYONE that has had anything to do with that council, is bought and paid for by nwo/globalists/bilderbergs/etc! With their overall goal being to split up the world into agreed upon territories, and lord over them! Kind of like the mafia, only much, much worse!!
Although Gov Perry is saying the right things, he has had recent contact with the above mentioned people! So in my book, he’s a NO go!
@PatriotWarMonger
I agree with your posts!
And Jeez, alot of you guys have some good optics! I’m jealous! I think I may need to do alittle upgrading! I’ve always had good binoc’s, but it seems I’m alittle short on the long distance clarity!
@anti-neocon2
I may need to check myself into treatment, because I’m heavy on the sauce!
PatriotWarMonger R985wasp JSM I’m with ya BRAS and I’m not talkin’ about my undies.
And yet the worthless Republicans in the Senate voted unanimously to confirm a committed communist radical from the Bay Area, Leon Panetta, as the new Defense Secretary! Make no mistake his main mission will be to dismantle the military transforming it into a hollow shell incapable of performing any kind of mission.
The historical similarities with the 1930′s when that other communist Roosevelt destroyed the American economy and gutted the military which led us being woefully unprepared for a surprise attack by the Japanese are startling. History does repeat itself only in this case we are facing the imposition of a communist totalitarian regime and our enemies abroad now have the means to inflict mass, perhaps fatal destruction on our country. Were talking about the possibility of tens of millions of American deaths and the devastation of our infrastructure.
If Gates were a true patriot he would quit hinting around and come out loudly and publicly to denounce what Obuttma and the commiecrats are doing to our military but he is too interested in feathering his own nest and the country be damned.
We, the American People, are in the fight of our lives and too many of us still have not awakened to this fact. I fear that this will not happen until there is scarce food and fuel before a truly mass awakening has taken place which may be too late to crush Obuttma and his commiecrats. Down with the media and environmentalists and especially those greedy, selfish, lazy, useful idiots who voted this wanna be communist dictator into office which effectively makes them collaborators in the destruction of our country. Now what word would describe their voting actions? Which word? Oh yes……Traitors!
Gates! What took you soooo long?
“THIS WOULD be a stunning statement for any defense secretary to make about the policies of a US President.”
Well, no problem then, because the communist moslim is not the president, he’s a illegal alien felony criminal USURPER!
Mr. Gates is trying to distance himself as an accomplice to the M.E. implosion. His hands are dripping in blood from the Bush Admin to Obama’s. They are all dead wrong and have been in bed with the enemy.
Time for all of them to go. Washington has been infiltrated and influenced by Radical Islam. The current Rino Party is as much to blame as the rest.
So this POS is upset because Obama is continuing HIS work???
Quote: Gates’s role in shaping this radical shift was evidenced by the positions he took on the issues of the day in the two years leading up to his replacement of Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon. In 2004, Gates co-authored a study for the Council on Foreign Relations with Israel foe Zbigniew Brzezinski calling for the US to draw closer to Iran at Israel’s expense.
This says it all! What a traitor!!
Junius says:
June 22, 2011 at 9:16 am
And yet the worthless Republicans in the Senate voted unanimously to confirm a committed communist radical from the Bay Area, Leon Panetta, as the new Defense Secretary!
disgusting. absolutely
criminal. they ALL need to go
sb,
Thanks for sharing. She is special and one to watch as the next 16 months unfold. Palin may be Mama Grizzly, she is Mama Tiger.
atease
Sickofobama says:
…If he were a man of honor
Almost ’nuff said. But then you go ahead and hit a grand slam….
But hey, he needs that new 6 figure income waiting for him right around the corner.
..atease