Le r\u00f4le de Robert Gates au sein de l’administration GW Bush semble se confirmer, \u00e0 la fois comme discret et important. Un article du Sunday Telegraph<\/em> d’hier<\/a> le pr\u00e9sente effectivement comme l’homme<\/a> qui dirige et coordonne l’opposition<\/a> \u00e0 la guerre contre l’Iran au sein de l’administration, et l’homme qui se trouve derri\u00e8re<\/a> la r\u00e9sistance des militaires. Cette position de Gates a plusieurs fois \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9crite de la sorte. Elle est confirm\u00e9e ici, alors qu’on se trouve dans une phase d\u00e9licate, par un article qui para\u00eet sans aucun doute comme devant transmettre quelques appr\u00e9ciations importates de milieux de l’establishment<\/em> de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 natoinale.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abPentagon sources say Mr Gates is waging a subtle campaign to undermine the Cheney camp by encouraging the army’s senior officers to speak frankly about the overstretch of forces, and the difficulty of fighting another war.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbBruce Reidel, a former CIA Middle East officer, said: Cheney’s people know they can beat Condi. They have been doing it for six years. Bob Gates is a different kettle of fish. He doesn’t owe the President anything. He is urging his officers to be completely honest, knowing what that means.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbOfficials say Mr Gates’s strategy bore fruit when Admiral William Fallon, the head of US Central Command, charged with devising war plans for Iran, said last month that the \u00a0\u00bbconstant drumbeat of war\u00a0\u00bb was not helpful.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbHe was followed by General George Casey, the army’s new chief of staff, who requested an audience with the House of Representatives armed services committee to warn that his branch of the military had been stretched so thin by the Iraq war that it was not prepared for yet another conflict.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbGen Casey told Congress the army was out of balance and added: The demand for our forces exceeds the sustainable supply. We are consumed with meeting the demands of the current fight, and are unable to provide ready forces as rapidly as necessary for other potential contingencies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbMr Gates has forged an alliance with Mike McConnell, the national director of intelligence, and Michael Hayden, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, to ensure that Mr Cheney’s office is not the dominant conduit of information and planning on Iran to Mr Bush.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tL’article observe que Gates est beaucoup plus \u00e0 l’aise et beaucoup plus efficace que Condi Rice pour tenir ce r\u00f4le central de frein \u00e0 la guerre. (Mais la description de Rice comme adversaire de la guerre nous a toujours paru suspecte. Rice est toujours, essentiellement, ce qu’elle est depuis le d\u00e9but: opportuniste, sans v\u00e9ritable position, simplement attach\u00e9e \u00e0 garder de bonnes relations avec son Pr\u00e9sident; une secr\u00e9taire d’Etat sans aucun poids r\u00e9el, sans politique qui lui soit propre.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tLa rapide description du r\u00f4le et de la position de Gates le montre comme un homme de l’ext\u00e9rieur, sans lien de suj\u00e9tion ou de complicit\u00e9 avec GW Bush, qui se trouve \u00e0 son poste pour contr\u00f4ler le plus possible la politique belliciste que Cheney tente de faire accepter par Bush. Il semblerait alors que soit \u00e9tabli un \u00e9quilibre entre les deux forces (Gates versus<\/em> Cheney), ce qui figerait la situation dans l’\u00e9tat actuel de confrontation rh\u00e9torique entre les deux partis que repr\u00e9sentent les deux hommes. Jusqu’\u00e0 nouvel ordre, cette position repr\u00e9sente une victoire pour Gates.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 8 octobre 2007 \u00e0 05H51<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Le r\u00f4le de Robert Gates au sein de l’administration GW Bush semble se confirmer, \u00e0 la fois comme discret et important. 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