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Our “Secretary of War” Robert M. Gates
May 18th
“Secretary of War” Robert Gates on 60 Minutes
Yes, I realize there hasn’t been a ‘Secretary of War’ since the 40’s, but that’s what Bob Gates calls himself, and how he feels about his job.
I admire that!. He’s got a point. His actions in recent months; cutting future weapons systems in his budget, concentrating his expenditures on safer vehicles for our troops in Afghanistan, along with better weapons for the battles being fought today.
He says that the Pakistani’s have the troops and wherewithal to defeat the Taliban and Al Queda in the Northwest Territories, but he thinks they are hedging their bets. Keeping some doors open to the Taliban in Afghanistan, because they, (Pakistan), aren’t sure we’re going to win that war. I think that’s unacceptable for a supposed ally, especially one who’s taken Billions in Military and Financial Aid from the US since 9-11-01.
I was also impressed with Mr. Gate’s statement that he has kept an account on every service man and women killed or injured since the day he took office. He discussed this when Katie Couric noted that last Veteran’s Day, at Arlington Natoinal Cemetery, he had wandered among the tombstones until he located the first soldier killed on his,(Gate’s) first day in Office. That’s where he began his list of every GI killed or wounded since his “watch” began.
Asked by Katie Couric if he liked his job, he responded that because every troop in both Iraq and Afghanistan was someone he had sent there since taking office, that they were on his mind constantly, so
there was no way anyone could like or enjoy that job. I hope he was doing a subtle slam of that ‘Cowboy Rumsfeld’, who seemed to be a “Happy Warrior” and never gave a damn about anyone he sent to die.
As one who remembers every “SecDef” since the disastrous Robert McNamara, and has even met and shaken hands with one, ( Paul Nitze ), (Whoops, Wiki just informed me he was only a Deputy SecDef), anyway,.. I met him when he was Secretary of the Navy, and was impressed,enough so to read several of his books and articles published both before and after he founded the “School for Advanced International Studies” at Johns Hopkins University. That school
now bears his name, following his death in 2004, at age 97.
Sorry for the little detour, but for a “Cold Warrior”, Paul Nitze was a moderate and pragmatic man, much like Mr. Gates appears to be. I’m glad Bob Gates chose to stay on with the Obama Administration, and glad too Obama had the good sense to ask him to continue with the job he’s done so well.
Comments anyone ?
A Brief Bio from Wiki :
Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006.[2] Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Before he joined the CIA, he served with the United States Air Force (USAF).
Dump Pelosi Now !
May 16th
I’ve been Saying it for over Two Years now, and I’ll say it again, ( if I must! ), Nancy Pelosi is the dumbest, most inept, and unassailably , Worst Speaker of the House, in ALL our country’s History !.
She began her tenure at the podium as a total “Rubber Stamp” for the Bush / Cheney conduct of the war, was leader of what the remorseful voters called “The Most Do-Nothing Congress” in US History, and has now gotten herself into a pissing contest with the CIA.
Now, I don’t know about You, but for my money, there’s no other group in the US Government that I would least like to have pissed-off at me ! If I were her, I would hire food-tasters, attack dogs, install Ollie North’s Home Security System, and spend a lot of time gettin’ right with The Lord !
Here’s one Article that was on my morning Yahoo News :
And, here’s another from “Politico” that I enjoyed.
This one is to Anderson Cooper’s 360 Blog, where Newt Gingrich rips Pelosi up a Little ! LoL.
By The Way, why isn’t Newt out there trying to put the party back together? I’m not a big fan of his, and hated him when he was Speaker, but he has made up with Hillary, and He and I have both grown wiser since then. I’ll take Ol Newt’s type of Republican over that Drug-addled GasBag Limbaugh any day!
Update on “Limbaugh Wrecks GOP” Post
May 15th
5-14-09 :Last Night on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show”, 97-year old Roberta McCain voiced her opinion about Rush Limbaugh, a view that is shared by millions of dis-spirited Republicans.
Saying the popular conservative radio host “does not represent the Republican Party that I belong to”.
“I belong to the Republican Party,” McCain, 97, said during an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. “What he represents of the Republican Party has nothing to do with my side of it. I don’t know what the man means, I don’t know what he’s talking about.”
McCain also praised Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele for labeling Limbaugh an “entertainer” earlier this year during an interview on CNN.
“I think [Steele] was exactly right when he defined this man as an entertainer,” she said. “To my horror, the Republican Party made him back up on it.” From CNN.com
Roberta McCain Slams Drug-addled GasBag Limbaugh.
Wednesday Update
May 14th
Still following the fighting in Pakistan. Looks like their Army is using some of the equipment and support we’ve given them for the right purpose.
The stinking Taliban is still placing children and elderly people between themselves and their pursuers,and then blaming the Americans or the Pakistani’s when folks get killed.
They are using these tactics to great success in Afghanistan now, as witnessed by President Karzai’s condemnation of the US for causing so many civilian deaths. Who put those people in the line-of-fire Karzai ?? It sure wasn’t any coalition forces!
It seems like last weeks meetings, plus the change-in-command of US forces in Afghanistan, are having their desired effect. The Pakistani Army seems to enjoy being able to strike back at the fundamentalists, who have had the upper hand for way too long now, while the Politicians in Islamabad have been stuck in their old habits of fearing only India, but have awakened at last to the rabid animals in their back yard. More Soon, HV
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