Odd but welcome !
In some ways, Gates seems like the ultimate foreign policy DC swamp creature, a Uniparty man who works for both sides...
but in this case he is honest enough to say that what was being done previously was not working.
Building an entire government from the bottom up is arduous. Trump is doing just that. It will take a bit more than a few months to achieve. Already we are seeing a tsunami effect on the nation. In a year there will be substantial changes.
“Gates seems like the ultimate foreign policy DC swamp creature, a Uniparty man who works for both sides...”
Perhaps so. Gates does stand out as working both sides of the street. On the other hand, he just may be doing his best to faithfully serve our country. A soldier in a pinstripe suit as it were. My nickels sez he’s a Good Troop.