[r9etb]

Gates wants to be loved instead of feared. All is lost. These people think nothing of killing each other over a piece of dung.

Michael Yon disagrees with you about Gates. McKiernan's firing was ... perhaps ... ham-handed. Or it might be just the ticket to usher in a needed change in tactics.

Yon's opinion of the new guys is very positive.

[Carley]

My complaint is not about the new guy. He is the second coming of Petraeus from what I’ve read.

My complaint is with Gates.