Background on Bob Gates
Here is some brief background on the new Secretary of Defense, from Powerline.
In his 1996 memoir, "From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War," which was published by Simon & Schuster, Mr. Gates thanks Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, and Richard Armitage in the acknowledgements. The author expresses disappointment that both Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Bill Bradlee voted against confirming him as director of central intelligence. The book is mostly an account of the Cold War, which Mr. Gates called "a glorious crusade" against "a truly evil empire."
Whenever someone compliments that cast of characters (and also Jimmy Carter), you know we've moved into a wishy-washy, spineless, "nuanced, pragmatic" foreign policy. Oh boy.
*Update*
More anti-war folks singing his praise. Uh oh.
In his 1996 memoir, "From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War," which was published by Simon & Schuster, Mr. Gates thanks Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, and Richard Armitage in the acknowledgements. The author expresses disappointment that both Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Bill Bradlee voted against confirming him as director of central intelligence. The book is mostly an account of the Cold War, which Mr. Gates called "a glorious crusade" against "a truly evil empire."
Whenever someone compliments that cast of characters (and also Jimmy Carter), you know we've moved into a wishy-washy, spineless, "nuanced, pragmatic" foreign policy. Oh boy.
*Update*
More anti-war folks singing his praise. Uh oh.
posted by Richie Rich | 1:33 PM
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