“For all the talk of criticism levied at President Barack Obama in Robert Gates’ new book, the former defense secretary reserved his most damning words for Harry Reid. In his memoir “Duty,” Gates recalled his disgust after Reid said in 2007 that the Iraq war had been “lost.” “I was furious and shared privately with some of my staff a quote from Abraham Lincoln I had written down long before. ‘Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged,’ ” Gates wrote…”.* Gates also called Edward Snowden a traitor for his leaked documents – what does Glenn Greenwald think? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Tom Kludt / TPM: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/robert-gates-harry-reid-iraq-war-surge-lost-disgraceful
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