This does not make any sense: Mr. Kudlov, who wrote this article for NRO is replying to non-existing arguments. Gates did not favor non-free economies, therefore there is absolutely NO REASON to mention Cuba and North Korea. Moreover, Gates did not argue benefits of free markets, why bring in China, India and Eastern Europe? Gates merely says "capitalism is great let's see if we can make it work better for the poor". Gates isn't even hinting that it should be done at someone's expense. Basically Kidlov did not even care to read the original article.

Thus, after removing these obviously misplaced sentences and paragraphs, NRO's article basically turns into a lonely link to WSJ without any corresponding commentary.