Is Robert Gates A Genius?

Every time I read Fareed Zakaria I get less impressed. The superficial analysis in this piece is laughable. Case in point: the United States has 11 carrier battle groups and the Chinese 0, the clear implication that this is absurdly lopsided. It appears that it never occurred to Mr. Zakaria that the Chinese are a lot closer to Taiwan than we are and can bring formidable LAND based airpower to bear while we have to rely on carrier based forces. I???m in the military, and I???m a reformer, but I want this guy off my side.
The problems with cost overruns have as much to do, and maybe more to do, with the procurement process in the government than anything else. We???re required to purchase from GSA sources for the most mundane items (paper & pencils) when I can walk into the local Walmart or Target and pick up the same items for 1/3 the price.
As for Secretary Gates, he is on to something, but I worry that he???s suffers as much from ???This war-itis??? as his opponents are afflicted with ???next war-itis???. His contradictory statements as of late on the status of 5th generation fighters being built by other countries make me worry that he???s entirely budget driven or more concerned with winning political fights in the Pentagon than real capabilities. If we are apparently willing to drive yearly deficits way past $1 trillion, can???t room be made for 60 more F-22???s to hedge our bets on future air superiority?

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GO GATES!!!

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1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.

2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people

3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" or to subject them to military tribunal.

4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a ???state of emergency??? on a state.

5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.

6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.

7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.

8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to "keep the peace" or to "maintain control."

9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.

10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances

NOBAMA!!!