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Originally Posted by Texpat  ^ No, we're just giving you shit for criticizing US military policy over the past two years and now watching you try to tap dance around. |
And you're being positively Michael Flatleyesque yourself in the contortions you're making to come to that conclusion.
Since nobody else could apparently be bothered I've done a quick serach and analysis of sabang's* posts using "Gates" as the search term: http://teakdoor.com/search.php?searchid=2489602
What I found was this: 23 instances of the word "Gates" appearing in his posts. Of those many more referred to Bill Gates as opposed to Robert Gates. Actually all but two of the posts I found that did reference Robert Gates came from this thread itself, and of the two that didn't one was a reference included in a quoted article (which I'm assuming was referencing Gates from his CIA days).
Further, the one direct quote I found from sabang outside of this thread was this: Quote:
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Originally Posted by sabang The Petraeus/ Gates team is unquestionably doing a far better job than it's predecessor, on every level |
Hardly condemnation is it.
So from all of this I'm left with the conclusion that the plans and construction of your strawman are fundamentally flawed. Next. 
*Not to single him out but the initial dispute did arise over his posts. And yes, I am
that bored today.