I trust the words of nobody who served even one microsecond in this regime. Gates should’ve stepped down on that dark, dreary day Obama took power.
I was conflicted on this, BUT, if not Gates, then whom? It would have been someone very far to the left or someone openly and proudly anti-military.
Sometimes the better part wisdom is to ‘stay in the game’ to ameliorate the damage. Gates probably had to think long and hard before accepting the appointment.
Note that the last 3 Dem-appointed SecDefs have been either Republican (Gates/Hagel) or formerly Republican (Panetta).
That’s probly right. I always liked Gates, thot he was competent, and maybe he was staying to look out for his guys as best he could. But he had chances to speak up, take a hard line against the dumbass Kenyan, and he didn’t. That failure is just gutless bureaukrat sliding.
When they give us the stars and bars and the supergrade GS’s a certain amount of fortitude is required. I’m not seeing anything from the book I didn’t already know so I won’t be buying one. It’s too bad that the Kenyan has gotten so many people dirty but there’s room on the farm for all of them to go back to.