Posted on 04/21/2010 3:19:45 AM PDT by Scanian
Robert Gates isn't just our secretary of defense -- he's our national damage-control officer.
The closest thing this love-your-enemies administration has to an indispensable man, Gates is fighting the good fight in the worst of times.
Ever since signing on as President George W. Bush's SecDef in early 2005, Gates has fought to reform the Air Force, improve the Pentagon's dysfunctional acquisition system, give our troops in the field what they really need and cut through the red tape that's paid for in red blood.
The greatest sacrifice any top-echelon public figure has made in decades was Gates' agreement to stay at his post and serve the new administration. He wanted to go back to Texas. Instead, he stood up in the line of fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The NY Post has a much higher opinion of Gates than I do.
I’ve believed this all along. Gates is the only adult in the room. He’d have retired long ago if not for the troops.
I shudder to think who will replace him if he retires. Think John Kerry wouldn’t slime his way in there? I do.
John Kerry? Not likely. He’s finally the senior Senator from Mass. If he left it would be Scott Brown! Besides, he has too high an opinion of himself to accept such a demeaning job. Did you know he served in Vietnam?
I don’t always agree with Ralph Peters, but I always read him carefully.
He’s a terrific novelist too.
Yes I do. That is seared into my memory.
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