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 Gates Might Stick AroundPosted on Nov 18, 2008
The Financial Times is reporting that Barack Obama is keen to have Robert Gates stay on as defense secretary. The paper says the two are currently negotiating their differences, but then that’s the whole point: Obama wants people who disagree with him in his Cabinet. All the same, keeping George W. Bush’s defense secretary hardly supports the notion of change. A note on Cabinet buzz: We’ve been passing along rumors of appointments because we think debate over such choices is important, but we recognize with growing frustration that every news outlet seems to have its own anonymous sources and it’s easy to get carried away.
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By Folktruther, November 19, 2008 at 6:04 pm #
True, Dihey, but it has been Progressive hot air. Now it is time for bipartisan hot air.
And, Troublesum, it is by no means assured that he would get only one term by following the post-Bush route. You see from TD comments how Progressives still support him. They are Realistic, you see, accustomed to being shit on. They’ll vote for him the same way they did for Clinton.
Report thisBy dihey, November 19, 2008 at 5:49 pm #
Why would anyone be surprised?
From the day when Senator Obama declared his intention to run for the presidency I have warned that this latter-day imperialist (read his interviews with the Chicago Tribune and his AIPAC speeches) will start his own brand of wars. Where? To begin with in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Iran is also on his list, you better believe it.
Want to know more about Gates? In a recent book, Failure of Intelligence: “The Decline and Fall of the CIA”, former CIA analyst Melvin A. Goodman identifies Gates as the chief action officer for the Reagan administration’s drive to tailor intelligence reporting to White House political desires. A top “Kremlinologist,” Goodman describes how Gates reversed a CIA tradition of delivering tough-minded intelligence reports with “the bark on.”
Obama turned away from progressives? He has never been a progressive. He has spouted nothing but hot air during the campaigns.
Report thisBy troublesum, November 19, 2008 at 3:00 pm #
What happened to “we can’t afford four more years”?
Report thisBy troublesum, November 19, 2008 at 2:58 pm #
He wants Gates to stay on so that extrordinary renditon and torture may continue in secret.
Report thisBy troublesum, November 19, 2008 at 2:56 pm #
This is good. It means that Obama will get only one term. Hopefully liberal democrats have had enough already and someone in the house or senate will challenge him for the 2012 nomination.
Report thisBy Folktruther, November 19, 2008 at 1:49 pm #
It figures. Obaama is going to serve the thrird term of Bush insofar as military policy is concerned and Gates would serve as a welcome addition to Biden and Emmanuel. He is against Obama’s proclaimed policy of withdrawal from Iraq, but that can easily be finessed, since Obama has turned away from progressives.
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