HOW MUCH CONTEMPT DOES THIS WHITE HOUSE HAVE FOR THE MILITARY? THIS MUCH:

Last month CENTCOM commander General Lloyd Austin admitted that after the debacle only “four or five” Pentagon-trained rebels remain active in Syria.

Gates also said Obama distrusted the military, which was “particularly true in Afghanistan.”

“I think there were people in the White House, and I don’t want to name any names, who were constantly goading him,” Gates said.

When asked if Vice President Joe Biden was one of these people, Gates said, “I think so. And I was told so…”

He said those people were saying “the military is trying to box you in. The military is trying to trap you. The military is trying to bully you. The military is trying to make you do something you don’t want to do.”

Well, it’s true. They want him to defend America and Americans.