Framed For Crimea: Obama Critics Issue Hollow Indictments (Joe Conason) from the National Memo
"Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates — whose glancing criticism of Obama in his memoir was so heavily exaggerated — now clearly disdains partisan exploitation of the trouble in Ukraine to demean his former boss. ... He flatly rejected the notion that Obama could somehow have deterred Putin by acting more “decisively.” And having served under Bush before Obama kept him on, he bluntly recalled that other Russian invasion."
As many already know, I am no great fan of Robert Gates -- but I appreciate his set-the-GOP-straight comments here.
"Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates — whose glancing criticism of Obama in his memoir was so heavily exaggerated — now clearly disdains partisan exploitation of the trouble in Ukraine to demean his former boss. ... He flatly rejected the notion that Obama could somehow have deterred Putin by acting more “decisively.” And having served under Bush before Obama kept him on, he bluntly recalled that other Russian invasion."
As many already know, I am no great fan of Robert Gates -- but I appreciate his set-the-GOP-straight comments here.
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