In not so many words:
"Civilian role urged in war on terrorism" by Robert Burns/Associated Press November 27, 2007
WASHINGTON - Defeating terrorism will require the use of more "soft power," with civilians contributing more in nonmilitary areas such as communication, economic assistance, and political development, Pentagon chief Robert Gates said yesterday.
That's a civilian draft he's talking about, readers!
Gates called for the creation of new government organizations, including a permanent group of civilians with a wide range of expertise who could be sent abroad on short notice as a supplement to US military efforts. And he urged more involvement by universities and other private organizations.
Yeah, let's MILITARIZE the society! WAKE UP, AmeriKa!!!!!!!!
Gates, in a speech at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.:
"We must focus our energies beyond the guns and steel of the military, beyond just our brave soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen. We must also focus our energies on the other elements of national power that will be so crucial in the coming years."
The wars are never going to end, are they, readers?
Just what you want, huh, Amurkns?
Tell me something, America.
WHEN THE FUCK YOU GONNA JUNK THESE GOD-DAMN WAR-MONGERING CRIMINALS!!!!!!!?
And you thought Gates was better than Rumsfeld? It's the SAME GUY!
He said the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as US military involvement in the 1990s in the Balkans and in Somalia, have shown that long-term success requires more than military power.
"Based on my experience serving seven presidents, as a former director of the CIA, and now as secretary of defense, I am here to make the case for strengthening our capacity to use 'soft' power and for better integrating it with 'hard' power."
Yeah, "soft" power in the service of "hard" power!
FUCK YOU and your MILITARISM, asshole!!!!!!!
The lesson, Gates said, is that nontraditional conflict - against insurgents, guerrillas, and terrorists - will be the mainstay of battlefields for years to come, requiring more than military power.
Gates told his audience of students, faculty, and local residents:
"Success will be less a matter of imposing one's will and more a function of shaping behavior - of friends, adversaries and, most importantly, the people in between."
And you can sign up at the door, kids!
And fuck your world domination plan, Gates!
Fuck you AND this administration!
Gates said there is an urgent need to figure out how to better organize the government to meet the security challenges of the 21st century. Among shortcomings in the nonmilitary area, Gates said the US government is "miserable" at communicating its goals and policies to foreign audiences."
It's NOT the MESSAGE, it's the POLICIES, asshole!!!!
A SHIT STILL STINKS, no matter how Rove dresses it up!
"Defense Secretary Urges More Spending for U.S. Diplomacy" by THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates called Monday for the United States government to commit more money and effort to “soft power” tools, including diplomacy, economic assistance and communications, because the military alone cannot defend America’s interests around the world.
In a speech at Kansas State University, the Pentagon chief forcefully advocated a larger budget for the State Department. Mr. Gates noted that military spending — even without war costs for Iraq and Afghanistan — totals nearly half a trillion dollars annually, compared with a State Department budget of $36 billion.
I am TIRED of TRILLIONS for WAR and NOTHING for the American people!
TIRED OF THIS LYING, LOOTING, ILLEGITIMATE REGIME!!!!
FUCKING TIRED OF IT!!!!!!!!
Mr. Gates, who took over the top Pentagon job last December:
“We must focus our energies beyond the guns and steel of the military, beyond just our brave soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen. We must also focus our energies on the other elements of national power that will be so crucial in the years to come.
Based on my experience serving seven presidents, as a former director of C.I.A. and now as secretary of defense, I am here to make the case for strengthening our capacity to use ‘soft power’ and for better integrating it with ‘hard power.’ ”
So you gonna stop them from bombing Iran then, asshole?
Gates said one priority is money:
"[I'm calling for] a dramatic increase in spending on the civilian instruments of national security — diplomacy, strategic communications, foreign assistance, civic action and economic reconstruction and development.”
Mr. Gates joked:
"Having a sitting secretary of defense travel halfway across the country to make a pitch to increase the budget of other agencies might fit into the category of ‘man bites dog’ or, for some back in the Pentagon, blasphemy, [but] it is certainly not an easy sell politically.”
I ain't laughing, and it ain't an easy sell because we are sick of this war-mongering administration!
SICK OF THEM, and SICK OF YOU, Gates!!!!!!!!!!!
The defense secretary also said the United States government must improve its skills at public diplomacy and public affairs to better describe the nation’s strategy and values to a global audience.
“We are miserable at communicating to the rest of the world what we are about as a society and a culture, about freedom and democracy, about our policies and our goals. It is just plain embarrassing that Al Qaeda is better at communicating its message on the Internet than America.”
Ha! The Islamist web sites!
Like the CIA “jihadi” websites using regurgitated video footage and hosted out of Texas or Maryland?
And did I mention the Pentagon's press offices in Lincoln and Langley?
Also see:
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh and the OSI
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits
Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business
Yeah, that's "Al-CIA-Duh's" media operation for you -- American created and directed!
Mr. Gates expressed regret over decisions by previous administrations to cut the United States Agency for International Development and to abolish the United States Information Agency and divide its responsibilities among other offices.
The defense secretary urged the creation of “a permanent, sizable cadre of immediately deployable experts with disparate skills.” These people, he said, would be drawn from the civilian world — with expertise in such areas as agriculture, urban infrastructure and law — to work alongside the military and help rebuild and stabilize world trouble spots.
It's what is known as CONSCRIPTION, ladies and gentlemen!
The State Department is working to build such a civilian response corps. At the same time, the State Department has struggled this year to fill its civilian contract positions for provincial reconstruction teams in Iraq and, indeed, to persuade enough Foreign Service officers to volunteer for duty there.
That's because the war is going so well!
Gates: “We can expect that asymmetric warfare will be the mainstay of the contemporary battlefield for some time. These conflicts will be fundamentally political in nature and require the application of all elements of national power. Success will be less a matter of imposing one’s will and more a function of shaping behavior of friends, adversaries and, most importantly, the people in between."
This world is over because of assholes like this, readers.
FUCK YOU and FUCK YOUR BOSS and HIS ILLEGAL, IMMORAL, WAR CRIMES!!!!!!!!!!!
