Mike Huckabee looks into the soul of the Pentagon on missile defense, responding to a question from Dave Weigel:

 I heard Ambassador John Bolton, I heard many other people who are really at a point of liberty where they can speak their minds — unlike those in the Pentagon who do answer to the commander in chief and have to answer for his policy decisions — who believe that it was a very significant strategic mistake.

You didn’t think I’d let that go, did you?

So what did the Pentagon think of Huckabee’s implicit suggestion that the leadership was misleading the public? “That is not the inference I would draw from Mr. Huckabee’s comments,” said Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary, “but if that is what he was trying to imply I would say that Secretary Gates’ support is completely genuine … as is that of Joint Chiefs.”