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Article / opinion piece (likely an attachment within a larger government report)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a 'Foreign Policy' article authored by Richard L. Russell, dated February 5, 2013. The text discusses former Defense Secretary Robert Gates's warnings against future U.S. land wars in the Middle East, Asia, or Africa, referencing his speech to West Point cadets. The document bears the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029714', indicating it was part of a document production for the House Oversight Committee, though the specific page contains no direct references to Jeffrey Epstein.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Richard L. Russell | Author |
Author of the Foreign Policy article.
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| Robert Gates | Former Defense Secretary / Former CIA Official |
Subject of the article; quoted regarding US military intervention policy.
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| General MacArthur | Historical Military Figure |
Quoted by Robert Gates regarding land wars in Asia.
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Organizations (5)
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| Foreign Policy |
Publication title.
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| West Point |
Military academy where Robert Gates gave a speech.
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| Central Command |
US Military command mentioned regarding its area of responsibility.
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| CIA |
Agency where Robert Gates was a senior official.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
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Region mentioned in title and Gates's quote.
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Region mentioned in Gates's quote.
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Region mentioned in Gates's quote.
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Location of war mentioned in context of Gates's fatigue.
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Location of war and historical Soviet invasion.
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Relationships (1)
Gates himself -- who was a senior CIA official during the covert war
Key Quotes (2)
"in my opinion, any future defense secretary who advised the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it."Source
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"never say never"Source
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Complete text extracted from the document (1,138 characters)
Foreign Policy
Don't be too sure there won't be another U.S. war in the Middle East
Richard L. Russell
Don't be too sure there won't be another U.S. war in the Middle East
Richard L. Russell
February 5, 2013 -- Shortly before he left office in Feb. 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told West Point cadets that "in my opinion, any future defense secretary who advised the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it." The remark no doubt reflected Sec. Gates's fatigue and frustration from the enormous intellectual and emotional burdens associated with overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One suspects, however, that in a more reflective moment, Gates would have acknowledged that "never say never" is a wise rule of thumb in planning for military contingencies, especially in the region that makes up Central Command's area-of-responsibility. Few, for example, predicted the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Gates himself -- who was a senior CIA official during the covert war supporting the Afghan resistance -- surely did not anticipate then that the United
One suspects, however, that in a more reflective moment, Gates would have acknowledged that "never say never" is a wise rule of thumb in planning for military contingencies, especially in the region that makes up Central Command's area-of-responsibility. Few, for example, predicted the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Gates himself -- who was a senior CIA official during the covert war supporting the Afghan resistance -- surely did not anticipate then that the United
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