Epstein Secrets

, the mood is one of not-so-quiet desperation. Said one longtime friend of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates: "They think it [the Libyan operation] is just nuts. We are destroying our credibility with this situation, and there is really no answer to it."

destroying our credibility with this situation, and there is really no answer to it." Early in the debate over establishing a no-fly zone in Libya, Gates went on the record saying what a bad idea he thought that was. "It's an open secret Bob Gates didn't like it, and Mullen didn't like it, because t

bates himself." President Obama. These patterns of behavior and their consequences have been on horrifying display in the blood-drenched streets of Misrata, Libya, EFTA00585482 3 where the population has begged for more support from NATO and the United States. But they did not begin with Libya, or w

growing food needs, particularly in Africa. The Gates Foundation estimates that investments of around $

g lawlessness." Yet political scientist Juan Cole, who recently visited Libya, where he expected a fair degree of chaos, reports that in Benghazi, Misrata and Tripoli, "there were no militiamen to be seen, that most things were functioning normally, that there were police at traffic intersections, tha

ddress as soon as possible. Defense Secretary Bob Gates rails against Israel at every National Security

April 25, 2011 -- For weeks now forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have been raining all types of ordinance, including cluster bombs, on the city of Misrata with no regard whatsoever for the safety and well being of women, children or the elderly. In Syria, Bashar al-Assad's snipers and soldiers have ki