January 12th, 2007 by Jemaleddin Cole

CBS News: At one point Gates, just three weeks on the job, told law­mak­ers, “I would con­fess I’m no expert on Iraq.” Later, asked about reach­ing the right bal­ance between Amer­i­can and Iraqi forces, he told the panel he was “no expert on mil­i­tary matters.”

Com­mit­tee mem­bers pressed Gates, who replaced Donald Rums­feld at the Pen­ta­gon, on an exit strat­egy for the United States.

“At the outset of the strat­egy, it’s a mis­take to talk about an exit strategy,” he said.

See, I think we should ask an expert on Iraq or mil­i­tary mat­ters if it’s impor­tant to talk about an exit strat­egy before you go run­ning off half-​cocked. Just for fun.

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