Robert Gates was kept on for one, and only one, reason - he would provide Obama with a fig leaf for the dismantlement of the US military. It’s not surprising that he’d attempt to camouflage his appeasement-minded actions with tough rhetoric.
5 posted on 04/17/2014 11:43:15 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)