Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates on "Face the Nation" | full interview 

so are you a GOP person, one that stands aside to watch Drumpf run roughshod over the rest of the world.

He is one of few real insightful statesmen which the US and the world have now. Director of CIA, who sealed the victory in the Cold War. Defence Secretary who solved Iraqi mess and changed the US military as unchallenged power in the world. He know all about geostrategy and power politics.

He's a babe in the woods if he thinks relations were ever "normalized" with China.

A “grownup” who has had a hand In our calamitous leadership over the past 40 years? It’s time for you not-so-wise elders to go away.

@@kgetz3 … I do agree & it’ll happen soon. And it will be such a relief to have a generation in the game who gets it right the 1st time, every time!

@@jimhagberg6798we have a lot of work to do to overcome the disastrous economic policies that your generation adopted. Exploding wealth inequality and national debt at the same time skyrocketing the cost of education. Baby boomers took a country at its greatest strength and handed all control to a minority elite (comprised of both political parties). It’s tragic really

@@johnh4686, you know, until you & @kgetz3, I'd only heard that the newer generations are blaming & condemning Boomers for the ills of the nation. Not bothering with any introspection to determine whether anything they've done or are doing are contributing to the problem. I was in the Vietnam War for 2 years, came back brokenhearted & adamantly opposed to it. Nearly went out the bottom with a needle in my arm. Got saved by the Lord, worked as a day laborer, then welder, then went to engineering school (mechanical), designed-built energy infrastructure projects throughout the US; then for 5 years went to Russia & former Soviet Union countries to help them rebuild after the Cold War (which we won). Worked for Enron, saw the rot & left them 3 years before their collapse, warned my broker not to put anyone in the (& at the time they were the most admired Corp in the US, indeed, most of the world). Then worked catastrophic industrial accidents, rebuilding them (came in after 6 fatalities total); and now at 75 am still design-building industrial processing facilities coast-to-coast, border-to-border USA. And raised 3 great young men who have 3 wonderful wives & 10 beloved grandchildren. To the extent I contributed to "the disastrous economic policies (of my generation)", my apologies. And very best wishes to you & your generation as y'all take your swing at the problems of the world. I think if there's anything that those disastrous policies demonstrate, it's that Americans are not fans of making painful choices. Unfortunately, as the sense of outrage & entitlement grows in this society; I doubt the next gens are any bigger fans of sacrifice.

Soo true.

Actually started with Karl Rove, but Newt definitely elevated jt

A crook who was involved in Iran Contra, seems to be simply another Mafia Muscle Guy? Why should we consider his words as any more than more corruption?

Oh boy. 😮 This shall be great to watch .🤴🏽🧛🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏽‍♀️

This is so typical of today’s GOP. Using a senate mechanism (bipartisan approval of Flag officers) as a partisan tool to advance a political agenda that they know will not work, yet will ensure reelection in the dark backwater from whence they came. Sad, but so predictable from a state that values football over the nations best interest.

@@christophorfaust2457 : It's Alabama, so you have to Grade them on a curve!

I'm so glad to see that Germany herself is waking up to the reality now that's she's no longer a Baltic State! :)

And he was fired by a Republican over ending an "early warning" about loose weapons when he was the Assistant Sec Def, and head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. For some reason the DoD has the odd qualm about trusting the politically motivated CIA sometimes and the DoD does have some concerns the CIA really doesn't normally look to.

Lol, sorry my friend this man is a nothing burger. Decouple and containment are the only answer at this moment in time. He’s touting the same bs our gov has been doing all along. We need to recognize this, quit trying to reinvent the wheel here. China is in fact an enemy of the the USA. If you doubt what I’m saying google why xi is telling his country to prepare for war. The time for appeasement is over. You and I didn’t put us here, the politico’s did.

I would not vote for any republican no matter how virtuous because the Republicans have lost their minds. As a practical matter Bob Gates would be considered to be a RINO by the MAGA zealots with no chance of being nominated. Voting for him is a fantasy.

He should be Trump's running mate.

@@Abraham-uk4xy looks like Trump will have a cell mate troll

You realize how many countries this guy indiscriminately bombed? No more war mongers.

so are you a GOP voter, one that stands aside to watch Drumpf run roughshod over the rest of the world because you get a little tax break?

He would. But, that is exactly why he wouldn't stand a chance. Today you either have to be a puppet or an extremist to get a real chance to run for President.

Secretary Gates 'grew-up' in the Department of Defense. He is intimately familiar with what works and what doesn't. Not a politician, but a potent operator.

But he can try.

@@VintageTwin1 I’m all for someone reforming the GOP!!! But I’m pretty sure they have boxed themselves into a counter culture corner. While attacking teachers, Mickey mouse, and trans kids, and let’s not forget banning book about our struggles with slavery, we I’ll get you the redneck vote, especially in the south, America has moved on past Trump, I fear the GOP needs to suffer a humiliating nationwide defeat for any real transformation to occur! Hope I’m wrong, but doubt it:-(

So true. It is NOT the same Repub party at all .

the GOP insurrectionist have created a nightmare situation in America

@@karamellakonomos The last one was led by neocons who got us into stupid wars. No we have a more peaceful republican party.

War criminal.

​​@@mvp019ep. He's a mass murderer and deserves more severe capital punishment than the worst serial killers.

Last I checked he is very old and has had a hand in almost everything that has gone wrong in this country over the past 40 years. As for Russia, they WERE provoked. We threatened their sphere. We would not put up with a threat from Mexico, Canada or Cuba, etc. This is no different.

You do understand he's a warmongering mass murderer, right?

The Russians begged us to negotiate the neutrality of Ukraine. We were not interested.

Very few like Gates statesmen left in the US. Most of them now demagogs and morons, like Trump etc.

Should we consider his Work in Iran Contra? What about providing weapons to Pakistan to feed the conflict in Afghanistan/ The Guy appears to be Wall Street Muscle?

MAGA nuts are loonies, but the majority of Democrats have gone too far left. If Clinton ran now, MSNBC would call him a white supremacist. Racial discrimination for housing, education, financial services etc are the norm under Biden’s administration.

Kissinger under Nixon made a colloidal mistake to help China be modernized to control then Soviet Union’s expansion to Eastern Europe.

The Bi-Partisan Corruption that promotes Wall Street Profits at the expense of Citizens of all Nations, appears to need cautious consideration? Both Parties have cut Banking regulation since the Clinton Administration.

LOL

GOP is in the process of committing suicide, so just let them and see what emerges as an alternative.

I'm shocked after watching the GOP over the last 4 years, after have lived in Eastern Europe and watching Fox News... I'm watching a bunch of angry communists

@@bratis99 Sad but true, especially in Texas they always fail to address the real problem, stay safe. 👍🏼 💙

Huhn... that's what France was saying right up until the German tanks started rolling in. Peace requires sanity and openness.

Agree

That agree was with alfred.

Hello r and r how are you doing today?, no doubt you are enjoying the show, tell me exactly how you feel about this interview?

She did.

Ning, we need to find millions, to support your logic. You have one .🦉

@@curtrice6060 Awesome. Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.

Well, he's now Chancellor at The College of William and Mary (I believe that is their majesty's portraits in the background).

you mean like Trump did ?

Outstanding comment! Get rid of closed primaries and we will fix the problem.

One, M. Brennan didn't really touch much on the present ME and Gates was really clear about how Russia would act if they are let to win in Ukraine, and how he sees Xi reacting to it. Gate's has always taken public questions but he doesn't offer opinions, rather he states the facts and the clear conclusions. When asked. I'm sure he has several opinions we would all like to hear his answers to. Send Margaret an E mail- she might get another bite of this apple!

It's such an amazing show i really do enjoyed washing this show good conversation, how are you doing today Dorothy?

Follow the money.🤑 It is just that easy. 🤟🏼

Indeed

He's a mass murderer.

Who on Nov. 9, 2016 was utterly shattered and crestfallen in asking Obama “ how could this have happened?”

@@JimMalmPHOTO If you're referring to the election of a serial criminal anyone with a brain would be surprised about that as who could believe that half the American electorate could be stupid enough to elect a self serving narcissist who's only objective is increasing his personal wealth regardless if the means are illegal, unethical or result in harming others.

Peace for what? Some guys pushed for peace in 1938 and it brought to the war.

Save democracy by having government agencies undermine it? I guess it takes a PhD to understand that.

me too, both were /are war criminals

If he is wise, then he should be thinking about young Ukrainian men dying by hundred of thousands. Ukrainian mothers crying for their sons being caught on the streets and then dragged into vans, and they never see them again. Sending lethal weapons to Z and money to a corrupt Z government isn’t going to bring back sons, brothers, and husbands back! I don’t understand how anyone doesn’t give a thought to us supporting this bloody war. I feel helpless, Ukrainians don’t care anymore about EU , common people don’t even care under which government they would be leaving. They want peace.

No.

Only then, when the MF goes away!

@@garyportman7940 fear maga will treat us his passing like that of Christ, right to the point of worship and awaiting resurrection... like his presidency.

white privilege

What does that mean?

Yes Nice legs too.

Hehehe ….we have about 40-45 generals like Austin and Miley. To improve leadership fire them !

@@ronaldjanesh2326 I agree. This is the times of global war so the President must be former military: Mattis, Hodges, McCrystal, or guys mentioned by Gates, from veterans caucus at the Capitolium.