In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled The Defense Rests (Sec. Gates: Resigning in part before U.S. goes down on Obama’s watch), tet68 wrote:
“What kind of AMERICAN only want’s to wield power then
when things get tough, want’s to bug out?
Yeah, we’re gonna have to cut back, make do with less,
that’s the kind of challenge AMERICAN’s thrive on, we
do what needs be done. We don’t pack up and hike once
the cream is off the top!!!
I got no use for someone like Gates and I sure wouldn’t want
him in a fox hole with me.”
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He’s bowing out because our economy is weak? Unless he was edited unfairly, he made himself look like a coward slinking out the back door. Better for him to have said nothing at all.
I read it as saying he’s resigning because the economy is grossly mismanaged. A poorly run economy will greatly impact military funding and mission posture and he wants no part in that.