“Well, Israel, obviously, thinks of the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel.” ThinkingWellsProgramThreatIsraelNuclearExistentialismExistentialIranian Author:Robert M. Gates
“No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.” ThinkingWellsPresidentSingingSheetsGroupthink Author:Robert M. Gates
“Well, I've ruffled a few feathers at all the institutions I've led. But I think that's part of leadership.” ThinkingWellsInstitutionsFeathers Author:Robert M. Gates
“If Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us anything in recent history, it is the unpredictability of war and that these things are easier to get into than to get out of, and, frankly, the facile way in which too many people talk about, 'Well, let's just go attack them.” PeopleIfsWayWellsWarTaughtEasierIraqAfghanistanTaught UsUnpredictability Author:Robert M. Gates
“Well, what I've said is that the war in Iraq will always be clouded by how it began, which was a wrong premise, that there were in fact no weapons of nuclear - weapons of mass destruction.” WellsSaidWarFactsWeaponsMassDestructionIraqNuclearNuclear WeaponsPremisesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionClouded Author:Robert M. Gates
