Comments on: Dems won’t block Gates

By: 200b0df57a41

200b0df57a41 — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:59:09 +0000

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By: carol b. from austin

carol b. from austin — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:57:32 +0000

Hopefully, they are picking their battles, and this is not the biggest priority.

By: jje

jje — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:52:04 +0000

Defense Secretary nominee Robert Gates has more than enough baggage to warrant an investigation.
However…
However he has one trump card that beats any attempt to drag his past into the nomination hearings; he sat (until nominated) on the Iraq Study Group with Baker and Hamilton. As much as anyone, he is part of the upcoming report.

There is no way of telling what will finally be decided to get us out of the mess in Iraq. However there isn’t a politico in Washington, or for that matter the whole US, that hasn’t dove for political cover behind the upcoming report from said Iraq Study Group rather than forthrightly deal with the shambles in US foreign policy.

Whether Gates has anything to atone for misses the point. MSM hints nightly that the IDSG Report on Iraq will cure the disease. By that logic, having one of their boys, Gates, in a position, Defense Sec, where he coordinates action on the cure appears appropriate.

By: Mommadillo

Mommadillo — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:47:02 +0000

Gives the Dems an excuse to do some checking into Iran/Contra. Yeah, it should have been done 15 years ago, but better late than never, right?

By: bhelverson

bhelverson — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:49:26 +0000

It seems to me that Gates has two major attributes: (1) He ain’t Rumsfeld or Rumsfeld’s man; and (2) he has no past lies to Congress to cover up (at least about Quagmire Iraq Nam). I don’t like Gates very much, but it seems to me that getting rid of Rummy is worth a lot.

Of course, Congress should start an investigation of Gates’ role in Iran-Contra.