Okay...it is very easy to see why Rummy's resignation is a disaster right now.
Gates hasn't been able to answer any of Inhofe's questions about the weapons we need, the future troops we need to add, China...
HE doesn't know about any of this stuff...and we are in the middle of a war...with the Congress and the bad guys wanting us to quit...but his "BOSS" wanting us to win.
IOW..this is going to be a total "learning on the job" situation during one of the most volatile times of our national security...
We are SO in trouble.
I fear Gates thinks he knows where he wants to go already so no need to "get up to speed." Where he wants to go I think is not where I would want to go.
Byrd is obsessed with our not attacking Iran or Syria.
I'm starting to think along the lines of "Harriet Miers Oops II."