前国防部长罗伯特·盖茨于2011年2月在西点军校演讲时，直截了当地告诉学员：“任何未来的国防部长建议总统再次派遣一支庞大的美国陆军进入亚洲，中东或非洲，我认为首先请医师来检查一下这位部长的头部：是否有精神障碍，是否脑瓜子有毛病！”
原文：Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at West Point in February 2011 bluntly told the cadets: "In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should have his head examined."