Comments on: PLAY ON OUR IMPATIENCE:

By: Orrin

Orrin — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:02:40 +0000

Gates is a good bureaucrat, which is all Rummy is. If there’s a war he can run it. Meanwhile there’s a military to be modernized.

By: jim hamlen

jim hamlen — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:54:05 +0000

OJ, in your glib way, you are correct. But I’m afraid the President has lost his mojo.
And his keen edge. And Robert Gates is not the man to be SecDef if that is what George
Bush is going to do. He would have done better nominating Bono.

By: Orrin

Orrin — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:10:47 +0000

To the contrary, one of the easiest ways for W to control an unruly opposition would be to just start another war.

By: jim hamlen

jim hamlen — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:53:13 +0000

OJ:

You are exactly right. Because now, no matter the evils of Syria (or the relative ease
with which it could be changed, and the benefits of doing so), it won’t happen. Given the
situation in D.C., we couldn’t even get consensus on attacking Khartoum to “free” Darfur
(even if Sudan is in ‘violation’ of UN agreements).

By: Sandy P

Sandy P — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:35:24 +0000

Or actually communicating w/us more.