DebateGate
General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Christians4LessGvt on November 25, 2008, 10:40:23 PM
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Obama wants George Bush
Secretary of Defense to remain Pentagon Chief
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/v4/header_blocks.gif)
Gates "to stay as Pentagon chief"
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to stay on in charge of the Pentagon when Barack Obama takes office as president,
according to US media reports.
Mr Gates was nominated to the role by President George W Bush in 2006 and has overseen a change of strategy in Iraq.
ABC News and Politico.com quoted officials saying Mr Gates would remain in the job for at least the first year of Mr Obama's administration.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7749237.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7749237.stm)
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This will insure that there is continuity, won't it? It is likely that Gates will be replaced after a new appointee has had sufficient experience to take over seamlessly. It seems to me that this is in the best interests of the country.
Suppose Getes was replaced immediately and something awful happened: you would go apesh*t posting how Obama was incompetent and a Liberal and this and that and probably the other as well.
Are you suggesting that Obama is obliged to change everything just for the sake of change?
It is the presidential decisions that people wanted to change.
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CU4 - this is something that is supposed to be making you HAPPY!
Moreover, it's damn good management.
Obama wants George Bush
Secretary of Defense to remain Pentagon Chief
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/v4/header_blocks.gif)
Gates "to stay as Pentagon chief"
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to stay on in charge of the Pentagon when Barack Obama takes office as president,
according to US media reports.
Mr Gates was nominated to the role by President George W Bush in 2006 and has overseen a change of strategy in Iraq.
ABC News and Politico.com quoted officials saying Mr Gates would remain in the job for at least the first year of Mr Obama's administration.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7749237.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7749237.stm)
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It's more than just continuity, and seamless transition, Gates is damn good.
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Are you suggesting that Obama is obliged to change everything just for the sake of change?
LOL
NoBama got elected partly by promising big changes in Iraq
PuuuuuuuuuuLeaze.....quit acting the frauds!
Like it's no surprise someone campaigning on big change in Iraq policy
decides to keep the George Bush Defense Secretary!
Ha!
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I'll add to that. It's also a signal to our enemies. Obama is saying, don't think for one minute we're dropping our guard, or going soft.
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oh dont get me wrong it's probably a good thing
it's just funny watching the bozos that thought they were voting for change
as NoBama runs to the right
can already hear the left loons grumbling about....
uh no we gonna postpone taxing the wealthy
uh we may extend the formerly evil Bush tax cuts
uh we gonna keep George Bush Defense Secretary
change, change, change at last! ::)
(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n268/smokeeater4/Political%20stuff/145230.jpg)
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What are you, anyway, Chief of negativity?
Dimbulb. Go shrink a government elsewhere for Jesus, why don't you?
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What are you, anyway, Chief of negativity?
Now that the administration is changing, he's taking over your old roll.
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oh dont get me wrong it's probably a good thing
it's just funny watching the bozos that thought they were voting for change
as NoBama runs to the right
can already hear the left loons grumbling about....
uh no we gonna postpone taxing the wealthy
uh we may extend the formerly evil Bush tax cuts
uh we gonna keep George Bush Defense Secretary
change, change, change at last! ::)
(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n268/smokeeater4/Political%20stuff/145230.jpg)
I am finding it soothing. I held onto my absentee ballot for weeks, because I just wasn't sure. There are a lot of things I liked about Obama from the start, but also some things I hated, and some things that just made me "nervous." And one of the things that made my nervous was the idea of very SUDDEN change and the dangers it might present to Americans and American interests.
For example, I never supported massive and rapid changes in Iraq. I felt that moving too fast just to improve the image might pose later security threats both in the Middle East and for Americans everywhere. (That said, I am also one of those who felt that we never should have been there in the first place. But now that we ARE there, it is our responsibility to clean up the mess we made.)
Seeing that he is bring in very good management, easing through things and taking time with what needs to be done is reassuring. I also hope it will relax the "sky is falling" folks who are waiting for the world to end.
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Now that the administration is changing, he's taking over your old roll.
Roll?
Role?
Rôle?
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Role, spelling Nazi.
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I was hoping for a parkerhouse, with extra butter.