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The Hawk Who Was Right: Gates, Regime Collapse Fantasies, and the Limits of American Certainty

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' quiet dissent against regime-collapse certainties — first over Iran in 2009, then over Taiwan — deserves more attention than the hawks who got it wrong.

By Moemedi Michael Poncana·middle-east·1-minute read·17 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗

Wire provenance

This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:

https://t.me/ClashReport/9485
https://t.me/ClashReport/9484
https://t.me/osintlive/1247